Category: Equipment
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A Vapor evolution continues
By Michael Caples – Evan Baker says that the Vapor APX stick “is the perfect evolution of the Vapor X:60 stick”. He should know — after all, Baker is the category manager of sticks for Bauer hockey. And according to Baker, Bauer’s latest stick features what people loved about last year’s X:60, and then some.…
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Kicking it with Datsyuk
By Michael Caples – Who wants to shoot like Pavel Datsyuk? Okay, we know that’s like saying who wants to win the lottery. But the engineers at Reebok’s hockey division want you to know that if you’re trying to shoot like Datsyuk, they’ve got a new stick prepared just for you. Last spring, Datsyuk was…
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Shooting the lights out (behind the scenes at a Warrior Hockey photoshoot)
(From August 2011) By Michael Caples – On Aug. 11, I was invited to get out of bed early for a behind-the-scenes tour of a video shoot conducted by Warrior, as they prepared for the debut of their new stick, the Dynasty. Little did I know that a shirt and tie would be the…