1.   As the young girls in shin pads chugged up and down a soccer field in suburban Chicago several years ago, one father sat conspicuously in the stands.

2.   I ended up wearing the goalie pads on top of my shin pads.

3.   It hit the defenseman on the shin pads and that redirected the shot.

4.   Some guys have to check their elbow pads and their shin pads, and some go over to the coach or make sure their stick is all right.

5.   The one off the shin pad happens.

6.   The puck glanced off the left shin pad of Dineen and deflected into the net.

7.   Then left shin pad, right shin pad.

8.   Trainers said they have rarely if ever seen football players wear shin pads, like those worn by soccer players.

9.   Using tennis balls, they also did not have to buy shin pads and special paddings for the goalkeeper.