Favorite Pic of the Day for January 4th

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Adam Banks by TR Pics

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Over the years, I've done many posts spotlighting hockey, the hockey locker room, hot hockey players and models in and out of hockey gear.  I especially love video, including the video below from the Sledders Hockey league Instagram page. Check out all of the hotness, on and off the ice on FH HERE:

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Malik Delgaty

Immortal Form

Tyler Seguin

Luke: Puck Bunny

'Hey, I’m Luke ❤️ I'm a 19-year-old 🇩🇪 hockey player who likes it rough on the ice — and a little wild off it.'

Long before Heated Rivalry hit the air, 19 year old model, content creator and actual hockey player Luke was posting images in and out of his gear.  I think I first noticed Luke, and his hockey themed shots last spring, and instantly pressed follow on his Twitter. Luke promises a lot more hockey themed images and videos if you check out his OnlyFans.

Luke on OnlyFans

Luke on Twitter

High-Sticking: Adam Banks by TR Pics

When I started to put together my visual salute to hockey, and hot hockey players, I didn't plan on including an original shoot.  Then... yesterday when I was cruising TR Pics on Twitter, I noticed a couple of shots of the ultra hot and provocative player Adam Banks.  I quickly got in touch with Tom about seeing, and featuring more!

In hockey, high-sticking relates to the illegal action when player carries their stick above an opponent's shoulders and making contact.  When seen by the refs, a penalty for potential head/face injury usually occurs.  It can describe a player using their stick to cleverly hook or lift the puck to fake out opponents (a skill move), or even a defensive play to poke check an opponent's stick away, leading to a penalty if done too aggressively. 

For this shoot, high-sticking was the first, and only hockey term that fit.  First off, in the first set of images, Adam's hockey stick is definitely being held high in his poses. Adam also loves and played hockey, so knows how to handle his stick.  When his hockey stick is lowered and played by his side, Adam's personal piece of equipment is also impressively high in the air.  Ok, maybe it's not shoulder level, but certainly awe-inspiring enough for an climatic power play.

Adam Banks on Twitter

Adam Banks on Instagram

TR Pics on Twitter

TR Pics on Instagram

Into the Locker Room

I originally Posted this story (with different images) in June of 2018 (HERE:)

Hockey, more contact than football, better eye-hand coordination than baseball and more skills than soccer all coming together ON ICE!

You can't think of sports and Canada without thinking of Hockey. Call me grateful it's still hockey as I'm not sure I could have found enough images to fill a post with the naked hotties of curling. Over the ten years working on FH I have featured a number of hockey themed pieces. Both models in hockey gear and real hockey players mostly out of their gear. I played hockey for a few years, and still get get excited during the playoff's.

Many models have put on, and taken off their jock straps for hockey themed posts, including the come from behind beauty of Cole Monahan. There have also been more than a few photographers who use the theme regularly in their work, often featuring their model in goalie gear, I guess maybe to symbolize getting ready for an incoming.

I included a few of my favorite shots of models in (and out) of hockey gear,  (HERE:) but for the remainder of this post, I wanted the real thing, and to head into the locker room with candid shots of real players hanging out before and after the game

As a gay kid playing hockey, locker rooms were both an exciting and a dangerous place. My memories of locker rooms hit all of my senses, especially the sights and smells. For me, the sounds were usually muffled, I didn't hear much as I was focused on making my way through the changing area and showers without bringing on any unwanted attention.

In order to do so, I usually looked straight ahead, restricting naked players to the peripheral. I think if I had been out at the time, I would have felt more relaxed to enjoy a gaze or two, but at the time, my fear of being outed drove my behavior. That's not to say I don't have some fond memories of team mates in jock straps and in the shower, but I was always on the move when in the locker room, so my memories are mostly drive by recollections as I changed or headed out to the shower or out the door.

I have also have found memories of the smell. Contrary to what most think, locker rooms, especially just after a game, are a mix of sweat, Axe and Old Spice High Endurance. Sweat just after a game can have an almost pleasant aroma, at least it did to me. It was the sweat and smell of that hockey bag, especially a few days later, that brought forth the gag reflex.

I came from a hockey family, we all played and my father coached, and our furnace room was filled with wet hockey gear, not always properly hung to dry. I don't remember too many dinners when my mother didn't complain about the hockey gear, and the smell, my brother and I needed to 'take care of.'

I still miss playing hockey, the locker room and the excitement of entering the rink on game night. I don't miss getting up a 4a.m on Saturday for practice, or... that hockey bag, with wet, three day old gear.

If you want to spend a little more time in the locker room, there are some additional shots  HERE: