
Very light and responsive - 75 flex
Been playing the game for 45 years. The stick is very light and nice for one handed poke checking. Snap shots like a boomerang. Slap shots take a little calibration so you don't take off the goalies head. Wrist shots with this curve are a breeze. Sends passes like a slingshot. Need to weight stick a little on receiving passes a little more being it's so light and flexy. The curve I have is sick for wrap arounds the net. Only concern being it's so light is digging in the boards/corners as I sometimes feel like I'm digging out the puck with a toothpick made of carbon....but that's ok. I've always played with top end sticks around 100 flex hand me downs so this is the first stick I've actually paid for out of pocket and love it.

Waiting to See
I am a long time Warrior hockey stick wielder. The QRL is probably the best stick I have ever used for many reasons. Now that the last QRL in my quiver is getting long in the tooth I began the search for a replacement. The new Warriors that are similar to the QRL are expensive and worse they seem to have done away with my pattern. My clicking and dragging lead me to the TWIG Rogue A. The M pattern is very similar to the W01 pattern (albiet in a 5 lie instead of 4) and the price was less than 50% of a new Warrior QR-whatever. Weight also was about the same. So I did it.
The stick out of the wrapper looked and felt great. The feeling that I had just found the best stick deal ever had me tingling. The next day I had a very important beer league game and gave it a go. It handled great. The change in lie did not seem bother me and the feel was very similar to the QRL. The TWIG was given the nod and things were going great, that is, until the second period. The stick separated into two pieces about 10" up from the heal. It happened in the defensive zone after jousting a bit with the bad guys in the corner and a bit more in the crease. Nothing beyond the ordinary but I may be a little harder on the opposition and my equipment than most. At some point I tried to sweep a pass out of the zone and nothing happened. The shaft and blade had parted ways.
I am waiting on the warranty replacement. Hopefully the lack of durability of the first stick was just a fluke. My Warriors have stood up to way more punishment and typically come apart somewhere along the blade from old age if anything. My rating of 3 stars is a bit of place holder. If TWIG no. 2 gives provides an adequate amount of longevity then I will up my rating. If not, well, no hard feelings, but I will have to move on. I am optimistic though.
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So far so good!
My 9yo just had his first practice with his new stick and loved it. Stick handling and shots were great! He said he felt like it was lighter so we weighed it... with tape and grip it was 2 ounces lighter than his previous Bauer and True sticks both cut shorter. The first practice already left a bunch of black stick marks as to be expected but he loves it. It was a hit at the rink between players, coaches, and parents! Everyone thought it was spray painted at first.