Just received my first order from HockeyMonkey.com this morning.  Today is Thursday, and I placed my order on Monday evening.  Pretty fast shipping if you ask me.  However, I do live about 5 hours north of their warehouse (Santa Ana, CA) so I figure it was a reasonable time to wait to get my equipment.

Prices and selection were amazing, and I was able to find some great deals on base-model equipment.  I usually the cheapest stuff since I am not a very serious player.

I ordered 2 sticks and a pair of gloves.  My existing stick, a Rebok 4k, put me back about $65 from the Hockey X-sport up in Oakland last year.  I was worried about it breaking, so I wanted to get the same stick again as a backup.  I got a 2-pack of the exact same stick from Hockey Monkey for $60.  I was afraid of ordering sticks online since I thought the shipping would kill me, but it was only an extra $5 for over-sized shipping.

I also bought a pair of base-line hockey gloves.  I have had my existing gloves for nearly 10 years, and they were hand-me-downs when I first got them.  They developed large holes and left blisters on my thumbs each time I played.  I had been searching around on ebay, but didn’t really want to get a pair of used gloves for $40+ with shipping.  I think the ones I ordered from Hockey Monkey were $29.99.  I’ll test them out this weekend and write a review on them.

I also saved an extra 10% on my order by using coupon code adwsave10.  It worked at the time of writing this post 6/8/2009, but I don’t know how long it will last.  The total order, including shipping and tax set me back just over $100, but for two composite sticks and a new pair of gloves, I thought that was a steal.

Will be posting reviews on the equipment soon.