Goalie scores attention with hockey-pad design

This is dirty, the league that he plays in the EIL should ban it. He is not even that good a goalie anyway

PINGREE SUCKS

This kid's a genious...maybe he should design a white puck to even the score!

Cheater, cheater, never-beater.

Congratulations Trevor!!! I wish you the best of luck. I know we'll be seeing your pads in the NHL, and I hope we see YOU in the NHL.

It's a great IDEA. That's what the article is about. You need to be able to read to understand. Apparently he has the mental edge over you too. How many articles or television shows have you done?

I bet there are 10,000 other kids that have thought of this idea, but didn't have the financial means (like this kid who goes to a $30,000 a year school) to make it happen.

That's the spirit.

GOA, your first comment was made null by your second two. No need to hate.

Good for him. A kid who had an idea and followed it thru. Like the pads or not, like hockey or not, we should all be glad to see a story like this once in a while.

There are WAY too many haters out there... Give the kid some credit! It's a hell of an idea, and with the game of hockey as quick and dynamic as ever - including the new sticks and skates and equipment getting better and better - it's a BRILLIANT idea.

I hope this takes off for the kid. Now if a college kid got these and was successful... any positive exposure is good exposure!

It isn't cheating unless there is a rule forbidding it, which as of this moment there isn't. It reminds me though of the rule in basball forbidding pitchers from wearing light colored undershirts or using white gloves.

this is a great design. it is not cheating, just an illusion which draws the shooters attention. sher-wood also designed a pad with a similar effect by using concentric circles to attract the shooters attention as well. Props to trevor

It ain't cheating if it ain't against the rules.

Players now have heated skates, is that cheating??

how's this cheating? He's using his head and any legal advantage that he can. Dirty, cheater-? Nope. Ingenuous, smart, step ahead? Yes.

GROW UP and let the kid have his moment!..

Im guessing that GO BA, Brian LaPlante, and HockeyMan are sub par forwards who are looking for some excuse to justify their lack of skill. There are no rules regarding the designs goalies put on their pads, masks or gloves and nor should there be. How about you get in the way of a 90 mph slap shot and then talk about what's fair and whats not. Next thing you know you'll be calling for all black goalie masks because you got scared when you looked up on a breakaway, saw an angry animal staring you down and you lost the puck. Goalies have been painting the outer roll on their pads "post" red for years to throw the shooters aim off. Is this also cheating? I think this kid is on to something.

how can it be cheating. its the same idea as having all white pads, you wnat to draw attention away from the net. There are no rules against having any type of design on your pads. God for him for thinking it up

it's amazing what a little competition brings out in people and their comments.....how about some actual thoughts on this kid's ingenuity?

For those of you that thinks this is in anyway cheating should realize that the reason players primarily use black tape on their sticks is to disguise the puck to the goalie when shooting. If you still think this guys invention is cheating, then please explain how players using black tape for camouflage is ok, but using white goalie pads with net-like stitching is cheating. Sounds like a double standard to me.

Smart and creative...unlike some of these jealous comments. Good for you, Trevor!

And I used to wrap newspapers inside of burlap for goalie pads.

Nice to be the Prince of Hamilton...what recesssion?

MSNBC host named Leahy third on list of "worlds best persons". What the heck does Olbermann live for. Yes this kid is innovative. And no repsonder should put down his skills as a hockey player as GO BA did. And I certainly thought of how about "camoflaging" the hockey puck when I first read the article. People get a life. It's not all about Hockey, Sorry. Good will endeavors to Leahy. May he go out in the world and prosper for something that gives more than one side an advantage. And Olbermann should get a life!

Good for him. All those shooters with their new sticks made of composite and light weight. Please! Ban black shirts next, they hide the puck. This isn't baseball!

Leave the kid alone! There are much worse things he cuold be doing with his time. I think this is a great and incredibly creative idea. Way to go Trevor, good luck!

'GO BA' could you be a bigger angrier (and jealous) loser? I think you need to learn how to write a complete sentence before criticizing (...the league that he plays in the EIL should ban it). The kids been on the planet 18 years and he has already done more than you could in 40. HA. Sounds like a rival school has been a lil hurt! LOL.

Oh and 'HockeyMan'... try and BE a man and grow up with your dorky nursery rhyme. We hate to break it to you but the definition of cheating is 'breaking the rules'... if there is not a rule about it in the books, it isn't cheating!

I think the three people who commented before me should just sit back and say "why didn't i thinking of that?" This is just a kid with an idea that got some attention...

He's not a cheater and the person who berated his goalie skills is a petty twit. He has thought outside of the box for which i commend him. However, it should be banned because if it isn't then the other writers suggestion that the puck be colored white is legitimate. Camouflage should be approved for all

He's not a cheater and the person who berated his goalie skills is a petty twit. He has thought outside of the box for which i commend him. However, it should be banned because if it isn't then the other writers suggestion that the puck be colored white is legitimate. Camouflage should be approved for all

Sounds like some folks are jealous.

I think Jaques Plante, Terry Sawchuck and Gump Worsley would have loved it. Patrick Roy as well!

I thought of that idea last year.

I love it. As long as its not against the rules this kids a genius. And if its not against the rules then its not cheating. Equipment is always evolving and this kid took it to the next level. Good for him.

"Players now have heated skates, is that cheating??"

No because heat doesn't change the coefficient of friction, so the temperature doesn't make the skates any different.

This is the counter to players wrapping their sticks with black tape to make it harder for the goalie to pick up the puck as it leaves.

It's not cheating, it's not even "unsportsmanlike" That said, I don't think it will help much, when a player shoots, they aren't looking at the netting. Looks kinda cool though

That is a great idea. I will be in line for the equipment once some makes it available. Any goalie will tell you that we would do anything to stop more shots. This helps alittle.

anyone who thinks this is going to fool the shooters needs to actually play the game...and those of you who have played and still think its a "great idea" must be a talentless fool

Definitely not cheating...how is this any different than all white gear?
wouldn't the "netting" would become black after a few shots making them just another set of pads?
its just a design, I highly doubt it would provide an advantage and fool a high level skater.

Black Pads are the way to go. The puck is harder to see in scrums and therefor faster whistles. That's a bigger advantage than this is.

More power to him. I hope he makes a bundle and lowers his goals-against average.
I assume the fool who goes by GO BA is a student hockey player at Berwick Academy, a Pingree School rival. I doubt you'd find a Pingree Student who'd write "Berwick Sucks" as GO BA did. The Pingree students are an impressive bunch... a class act.

This is a great idea , any advantage a goalie can use to improve his game is great , I myself a goalie use black pads cause in mad scrambles its near impossible to see the puck near my pad , but this takes illusions above and beyond , though in my opinion stomp could of done a much better job with the final product , whole glove should look like net mesh and the outter roll on the pads the same , STOMP shouldn't of made there symbol even on the pad in my opinion it takes away from the overall effect of the pad , i suppose STOMP is just trying to get there name out by throwing there tag on the gear but , in my opinion almost ruins it , Great idea poor execution

Is there any place where i can buy this type of pads?

wow I wish I was as smart as this kid