Last Thursday I was playing rollerhockey and during the session, I blocked a slapshot from about 12 feet away. The puck hit me in the upper thigh, right between the pads. It stung pretty badly, though it took a couple days to really see what it had done: the largest bruise I've ever had or seen. Take a look if you'd like-- http://thinksafely.org/bruise.jpg sgd -- work: http://www.ti3.com/ non: http://thinksafely.org/