It's been a couple of weeks since I've been down to the rink for practice. With the team on the road, my son's football games and having to whittle my vacation days down by mid-December, it leaves little time to watch the Americans work on their power play.
I had a few spare minutes Tuesday and took a trip to Toyota Center to catch the end of practice. First thing I noticed were the new practice jerseys, complete with matching socks. The defensemen wore their typical black, the goalies wore white and the forward lines were dressed in powder blue, green, gray, red and orange. They've had their new duds for a couple of weeks and the players seem to like them.
The socks are not made from your typical sweater knit material. They are similar to the jersey and do not soak up water from the ice when the players kneel down or go sliding across the ice. The old socks could soak up a lot of water by the end of practice.
Practices are open to the public. If you have a spare minute or two, stop in and check out the action.
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