Season Comparisons

Our last market comparison covered the 2022-23 season, and it's still one of the most-read things we've ever published. Three seasons later, plenty has changed: new lines, a new owner at True, and higher flagship prices. So we're back at it. Same approach as always. We took every current senior stick from the five major brands, from the top-of-the-line flagship down through the performance and value tiers, and lined up price against weight. Our own sticks are in the tables too, so you can see exactly where [...]

Gone are the days of having to fit all your gear into that smelly, dark abyss that was your old hockey bag. The industry has really stepped up it's game in recent years and given us a bunch of great options to choose from that offer tons more usefulness and functionality than we've ever had before in a hockey bag. It doesn't matter if you are a pro or a beer-leaguer, you'll love the latest bags. Needing to get yourself a new bag and not sure how to compare them correctly? What is the best hockey bag? Take [...]

It's been a couple years since our last article covering this market comparison during the 2020-21 season. It's been a pretty popular article previously, so we're after it again this season. As in the last edition, we tried to grab not only the top end elite sticks from each manufacturer, but also the performance and recreational level builds as well. Bonus, we added Canadian dollar retail pricing as well! So what are we looking at this year? Well, we've seen the largest manufacturers embrace the continu [...]

Our last article covering this market comparison was for the 2018-19 season. It proved wicked popular, so we decided to create the updated version for this weird COVID-19 era season. We expanded the list a bit this year to include not only the top-of the-line elite level sticks from each manufacturer, but also performance level builds and even a few that sit on the boarder of performance and recreational level. This season's stick lines have brought us nice improvements from the biggest manufacturers l [...]

Every parent wants to help their child be the best that they can be. That might be springing for extra lessons, rattling off some Herb Brooks quality motivational speak, or, of course, getting them top-notch equipment. Hockey sticks for young players are changing If you've been keeping up on the sport the last couple years, you've probably noticed that there's been a shift in hockey stick builds for young players. Historically, youth ice hockey sticks have been 1) this almost round cut shaft with [...]

-- 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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]