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-- Updated 10/2019 -- The time has come again. Bauer has release it's latest ADV hockey stick pushing the $400 price point. The Supreme ADV promises to be the best stick you've ever had your mitts on. Read on to get all the details (Hint: It's basically the same thing we noted last year. Pretty sure the advancements since last year are about covered. Crazy, huh?) “After three years of top-secret development, 2,000 hours of on-ice testing, and just 3,000 sticks made worldwide, our Advanced Series is ready [...]

If you're not familiar with the term kick point or how it affects ice and roller hockey sticks, walking into a pro shop probably leaves you puzzled. You'll see that every large scale manufacturer (CCM, True, Bauer, Warrior) has at least two different looking sticks that seem to have the same curve and flex rating. The only thing that is obvious is that the artwork is very different between them. They have different kick points The kick point is the term the hockey industry uses to identify where the sti [...]

Every year people ask the same questions. What's the best hockey stick this year? Is one brand better than the other? Why is it the best? So, today we will take a look at what's new in the hockey stick market for the new 2019-2020 season that is just now upon us. Company Changes No changes in the big three manufacturers. Bauer, CCM, and Warrior all maintain their presence as large brands owned and manufactured by large conglomerates. In February of 2018, Sher-Wood was sold to Canadian Tire. For the Ame [...]

For the 2019-2020 season, we're proud to introduce our new Accomplice goal stick. Accomplice follows where the best goalies have been trending toward in recent years, as well our specialty; lightweight composite construction with elite performance. If you've been hanging on to your old foam core goal sticks from CCM, Bauer, Warrior, Brian's, Passau or some other manufacturer, now is the time to switch. We build Accomplice with the the highest grades of performance carbon available. You'll get the same t [...]

As you know by now, our goal is to make hockey more accessible to everyone. We do it by manufacturing some of the best hockey sticks and hockey equipment bags that you can buy anywhere, and we run our business lean so our price tag can stay lean as well. Check out our business model if you're curious. For almost two years, the Twig Deux has grown in popularity across North America as more and more players have made it their choice in every U.S. state and Canadian province on a daily basis. Well, the time h [...]

Most of you know us at Twig Hockey Company for the high-end hockey sticks that we make. Well, we did it again. We got sick of having to replace our hockey bags year after year so we looked for a solution. You know how it is. You buy a bag, it's pretty, it works....for a little while, and then boom it's broken and a pain in your tail. Cap that off with the fact that it's just a big dark hole to throw all your nasty stuff in together with your clean stuff, and you've got a real problem. We'll we partner [...]

How are your sticks so cheap? Are they any good? Why would you sell elite level hockey sticks for that price? These are all questions we get asked on a regular basis. We're not trying to hide anything. We're simply here working to make more accessible to everyone. Below, we're showing you our business model on how we do it. Access to Performance We want everyone to have access to play hockey with the best performing hockey gear available. We love 'em to death, but it was obvious early on that thi [...]

NO, TWIGZ AND TWIG HOCKEY COMPANY ARE NOT THE SAME. DON'T BE FOOLED BY A SIMILAR NAME. It's pretty clear that people are starting to take notice of us over here at Twig Hockey Company. How do we know? Just take a look at the new player line of twigs that Hockey Monkey (Monkey Sports) just released this season: Their New Twigz. Looks pretty familiar doesn't it? Hey, to be clear, we love Hockey Monkey. They offer great deals on a lot of great hockey gear. Maybe this was completely unintentional and just [...]

The time has come. We're heading into the 2018-2019 season and it's been a couple years since we did an evaluation of where the market sits for elite level ice hockey sticks. There are some slick looking ones that have come to market in the last couple years. If you're here, you probably already know that we make one of the best ones out there too in the Twig Deux, but lets be try and be objective here and explain what's out there. This season's stick lines have brought us some real beauties [...]

Okay, seriously. You really think that there is a hockey stick out there that is going to increase your slap shot power drastically over any another high-end hockey stick on the market? Get real. A high-end stick is a high-end stick (For the most part), no matter what marketing mumbo-jumbo they try to sell you on. Next time your twig breaks, do yourself a favor and grab a Twig Hockey Company twig just like thousands of others have, and get the performance you need for way less than the big brands. In t [...]

Whether you started skating recently or have been doing it all your life, one thing is constant; the older you get, the slower you get. You can’t defy science on this one. There are heaps of studies out there that all point to one conclusion, it’s going to happen and the first muscles to go as you age are you fast-twitch muscles. This is probably why you’ve seen the emergence in popularity of marathons, triathlons, and other endurance type events in recent years. To add fuel to the fire, you probably noti [...]

A while back I was complaining about my hockey gloves in the locker room prior to a game. In three seasons of beer-league hockey I was now on my 3rd pair of gloves. At $70 plus for a mediocre new pair, it was proving to be very frustrating. No matter what I did, my palms wore out. It’s not even like I play that often anymore. I’m down to two nights a week these days so they definitely shouldn’t wear out as fast as they did when I was a kid. That’s when another guy on my team spoke up. He had just moved i [...]