Jarick
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I wrote these articles to answer a lot of common questions I saw and to bookmark my thoughts on the matter. Read through these and feel free to ask any questions!
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Choosing a Hockey Stick
I. Introduction and Handedness
II. Materials and Construction
III. Size and Length
IV. Flex and Kickpoint
V. Curve and Lie
VI. Taping and Customization
VII. Additional Thoughts
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High End Sticks
When we say "get a clearance high end stick", we're talking about these.
I've tried to give an approximate kickpoint location for each stick but some are tricky. Low and mid are pretty self-explanatory. Mid-low are usually sticks that don't have much of an engineered kick point (i.e. they are constant flex).
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Pattern Equivalency Chart
These aren't 100% but for the most part should be pretty close. Keep in mind that every company could measure their depths/lies differently.
NOTE: Curves that are italicized are not equivalent to the rest in the row, but close enough to be grouped with them.
NOTE: Curve names change all the time, please just focus on the curve code (i.e. "P92" instead of "Backstrom" or "Ovechkin")
NOTE ON LIES: Every company measures lies differently. I (AIREAYE) have changed the scoring system of the lies below to reflect better across the board. So for example, all Bauer lie 6s I have considered as 'Medium', lie 5s as 'Low' and Lie 6+s as 'High' as a general guideline.
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Choosing a Hockey Stick
I. Introduction and Handedness
II. Materials and Construction
III. Size and Length
IV. Flex and Kickpoint
V. Curve and Lie
VI. Taping and Customization
VII. Additional Thoughts
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High End Sticks
When we say "get a clearance high end stick", we're talking about these.
I've tried to give an approximate kickpoint location for each stick but some are tricky. Low and mid are pretty self-explanatory. Mid-low are usually sticks that don't have much of an engineered kick point (i.e. they are constant flex).
Year | BAUER | CCM | EASTON | REEBOK | SHERWOOD | WARRIOR | TRUE |
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2017 | 2017 Nexus 1N (mid), Vapor 1X Lite (low) | SuperTacks 2.0 (mid), RBZ FT1 (constant), Ribcor Trigger2 PMT (low) | n/a | n/a | BPM 150 (mid) | Alpha QX (mid-low) | XC9 ACF (mid-low) |
2016 | Supreme 1S (mid-high), 2016 Vapor 1X (low) | Super Tacks (mid), RBZ Speedburner (constant), Ribcor Trigger ASY (low) | Synergy GX (mid) | n/a | n/a | Covert QRL (low) | A6.0 SBP (mid) |
2015 | Vapor 1X (low), Nexus 1N (mid) | Ultra Tacks (mid), Ribcor Reckoner (low) | Stealth CX (low) | R27 (low) | EK60 (low) | Dynasty HD1 (mid) | A6.0 (mid), XCORE 9 (mid-low) |
2014 | Nexus 8000 (mid), Total One MX3 (mid-high) | CCM RBZ Superfast (constant), Tacks (mid), RIBCOR (low) | V9E (low), Synergy HTX (mid-low) | n/a | T120 (mid) | Covert QR1 (low) | n/a |
2013 | Vapor APX2 (variable, low) | RBZ Stage 2 (variable) | Mako II (mid-low), V9 (mid-low) | RIBCOR (low) | EK15 (low) | Dynasty AX1 LT (mid), Covert DT1 LT (low) | n/a |
2012 | Total One NXG (mid), ONE.9 (mid), Nexus 1000 (true mid) | RBZ (variable) | Mako (mid-low), M5 (mid-low) Stealth RS II (low) | 20k (low) | T100 (mid) | Covert DT1 (low), Dynasty AX1 (mid) | n/a |
Pattern Equivalency Chart
These aren't 100% but for the most part should be pretty close. Keep in mind that every company could measure their depths/lies differently.
NOTE: Curves that are italicized are not equivalent to the rest in the row, but close enough to be grouped with them.
NOTE: Curve names change all the time, please just focus on the curve code (i.e. "P92" instead of "Backstrom" or "Ovechkin")
NOTE ON LIES: Every company measures lies differently. I (AIREAYE) have changed the scoring system of the lies below to reflect better across the board. So for example, all Bauer lie 6s I have considered as 'Medium', lie 5s as 'Low' and Lie 6+s as 'High' as a general guideline.
Curve | Lie | Face | Depth | Toe | BAUER | CCM | EASTON | REEBOK | SHERWOOD | WARRIOR | TRUE |
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Heel | Medium (5.5, 6) | Very Open | 1/2" | Round | P91A (Staal), P106 (Richards, deeper curve than P91A) | P15 (Galchenyuk, Jones) | E6 (Parise) | P36A (Phaneuf) | PP20 (DR) | W05 (Granlund) | HCR |
Heel | High (6) | Open | 1/2" | Square | P02 | n/a | E5 (Getzlaf) | n/a | PP05 (LI) | W12 (Pavelski) | HCS |
Mid-Heel | Low (5) | Neutral | 3/8" | Round | PM9 (Stamkos, Larkin) | P14 (Duchene) | E4 (Cammalleri) | P42 (Duchene) | PP09 (Ryan), PP96 (Bouchard) | W01 (Lupul) | MC2 |
Mid | Medium (5.5,6) | Open | 1/2" | Round | P92 (Matthews/ Ovechkin) - also in lower lie 5 | P29 (Crosby), P19 (Nugent-Hopkins) | E3 (Hall) - also in lower lie 5 | P87A (Crosby) | PP26 (Stastny), PP92 (Trouba) is the lower lie 5 equivalent to the PP26 | W03 (Henrique/ Backstrom) | TC2, TC2.5 is the lower lie 5 equivalent |
Mid | Medium (5.5) | Open | 3/4" | Square | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | PP77 (Coffey) | W71 (Pacioretty) | |
Mid | Medium-Low (5,5.5,6) | Slight Open | 1/2" | Round | P88 (Kane) | P40 (Hossa), P45 (Tavares), P38 (Forsberg, same as Reebok's old P38 Datsyuk curve) | E36 | P40 (Perron), P38 (Datsyuk) | PP88 (Ryan II) | W88 (Zetterberg), W16 (Karlsson, same as Reebok's old Dastyuk curve) | MC |
Mid | Medium-Low (5.5) | Slight Open | 3/8" | Round | P12 | P17 (Lecavalier) | E6 (Iginla) | n/a | PP12 (IG) | n/a | |
Toe | Medium (6) | Slight Open | no idea | Round/ Square | P14 (Toews) | P46 (Landeskog, Bergeron) | n/a | P46 (Bergeron) | PP01 (Smith) | W14 (Chara) | n/a |
Toe | Medium-Low (5) | Open | 1/2" | Round | P28 (Giroux) | P28 (McDavid) | E28 | n/a | PP28 | W28 (Yakupov) | TC4, TC3 (Hossa pro curve) |
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