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How big can goalie pads be? Highland "A" Pee Wee goalie has pads that extend past his knees and up past his waist. I know in the NHL they cut the size but what about Minnesota youth teams. Does anyone know the deal? These pads seem a little extreme. (OPINION)

There are regulations to goalie pad sizes, glove size, and blocker size. This is set by USA Hockey. If a peewee age player is wearing leg pads that are over legal size, he probably would not be able to move.

The maximum circumference of a catching glove is 48 inches (121.9 cm). The maximum dimensions of a blocker glove are 16 inches (40.6 cm) by 8 inches (20.3 cm).

The leg pads are large and are the blue light weight ones. All he does is v drop and covers from post to post so you have to shoot high. When you see these pads you will understand.

SLP/SW coach has it right.

The biggest legal measurement concern for the leg pads is the width which I believe can not be more than 12" wide. The length measurement is more so for the proper size fit of the goalie. If he is wearing pads too long then he is basically losing technical form in playing the position, however I have seen plenty of younger goalies that are going with a taller size leg pad. Probably in hope that they can be or appear bigger. Problem with doing that is the inside fit of the leg to the pad is not proper.

Goalies need to be extremely good skaters and move unencumbered with the equipment they choose to wear. If it is too big for them they can not move in the manner they should be.

Hopefully they were second hand pads and nobody sold them pads that were not fitted properly.

There is a kid from Elk River PeeWee A who has extremely large pads as well. I asked the ref and he said he wasn't aware of any regs for this age. Apparently the parents of these kids think bigger is better, but that's not even close to the truth. It may help them alittle bit now, but over time it will greatly hamper their game.

if you go bigger the better when your a peewee you may succedd but if you play high school, you need to move and skate better and faster because the game is faster

One thing about goalie pads are that the goalie dosnt need to be tall to have big pads. I know a goalie who isnt that big but has size 36" pads, and he is very fast for a goalie. What you need is big legs or large leg mucils to carry all that pading.

To be able to handle large pads, you need to have a large leg span (if that exists) because if the pads are too tall for your legs, the top corners of the pads will hit when you go down, and possibly overlap when you're down.

good point

Who are you thinking of rbkhockeyman??? Im curious...

The goalie for Ep bantam A jacob meyers and goalie andrew ford, Andrew is not that tall but has size 36 and jacob has the same size.

i wear size 38 + 2 so yeah thewre kinda big

hansentp, How tall are you, isnt that size for someone like 6'3

hes actually 6 5 der buddy

If you get oversized pads just to make you look big, that is very dumb, and if you do that you are probably a bad goaltender, and know nothing about the position.

I have to get new pads for next year. I was talking to Vaughn rep and he said that if you want to play beyond HS then you should get pads that are 11 inches wide (pro and everything else but youth/hs) because that way when you go and try out for a junior team you will be used to them. As far as height I don't like them to go any higher than my waist but that is just me.

how tall r u? my pads only go about halfway to my waist
i talked to a rep 2 and i guess all the brands of pads in the next 2-3 years r only gonna make pads in 11 inches

USA hockey has proposed changing the measurments for goalkeeper equipment.

Proposal:
Changes are strongly recommended for the 2007-08 and 2008-09 seasons. These goalkeeper equipment requirements will be mandated starting with the 2009-10 season.

The blocker will go from a max length of 16 inches to 15
The glove will go from a max circumfrence will go from 48 to 45 inches
The leg pads will go from 12 to 11 iches and a max of 38 iches in length

This will only happen if the USA Hockey Annual Congress passes them.
See all the proposed rule changes:
http://www.usahockey.com/servlets/FileS ... posals.pdf

bantamA01,
I am about 5'10"-5'11". The pads that I was using were used and I bought them because I was going through a growth spurt. That way instead of buying 2 new pairs of pads in 2 years I saved about $1,000. They only went halfway to my waist and I didn't really like the feel. The pads I had before those went to my waist and I really liked those.

yeah my pads r 2 small and their at halfway to my waist i like pads that r longer 2
im like 6-1 and i grew a lot before and i liked my pads when i got them cuz they were almost to my waist but i think i might get the new vaughn v3's their pretty sweet

i think itech is only making pads NHL width or close to it. I just got my x-wing pads i ordered in december, and they are NHL size. I played with them yesterday and i couldn't really feel a huge differance to 13in wide. itechs have really impressed me with the crossover to the NHL sizing. If you want a good pad that hugs your leg well, you should try the itech x-wings.

I do also think pads are getting to big, but i think that bigger pads also hinder movement, so it's at the goalie's loss for getting big pads.

i'm about 5'10 and i have size 36 + 1 and i love them. they are just big enough to get the job done and i can also move in them very well.

i just ordered the rbk premire 2 pads and i orderd 35 + 3 i am 6 4 but my lower leg is not nearly as tall as my thigh

I got the rbk premier 2's also and they are amazing, much better than the itech x-factors that I used last year. If you're getting new pads at least consider getting the rbk premier 2's.