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Not as fancy as some of those Franchise gloves people are showin off, but here is my newest edition:

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Here and Here Helmet: NBH 4500 w/ Itech half visor Shoulder: Easton ST16 Shin: NBH Supreme 50 Glove: CCM Vector V6.0 Pant: NBH xxx lite Skates: RBK 9k pump Stick: CCM vector V120c and Warrior Mac Daddy P.S. That junior sher-wood bag behind it?... oh yea, it can fit all of that in there :D

Product: 2007 Warrior Mac Daddy Nipple Grip (Blue Nylander) 85 Flex, RH Kovalev Curve Time of use: 2 Weeks, Twice a week (short term review) My stats: age 22, 5'7" 160 pounds. 5-Year goalie experience, 2-Year player experience - Recreational shinny player primarily playing forward using my size and speed as advantage! Aesthetics: A true One-piece design consisting of simple but radical Warrior-caliber graphical design effort put in by none other than Warrior graphic team themselves - nothing wrong, nothing dramatically fancy about it. You all can see the pics online and be the judge of it yourself. 10/10 Blade: Excellent blade construction, checkered patterned reinforcement, extremely very responsive toe with little to no effort in lifting the puck up with it. 9.5/10 Flex: Coming from 2005 CCM Vector 120C, and Warrior Johnson (OPS), it is a totally different experience, with nice and low kickpoint, and shots seem very different in "quality" already. Since the stick is cut down about 2.3 inches it is about 90-100 flex now. Flex you say? oh it's got plenty... and little to no effort utilizing the flex. 9.5/10 Weight/Stick-handling/Passing: 425 Grams. There ARE lighter sticks out there (Namely S17), but with about 15-gram of a difference, it's all about your hands and speed control at that point. This is pretty much one of the lightest Warriors out at the moment (with the exception for Kronik - 420g), and I couldn't be happier stick handling effortlessly down the offensive zone with this with full speed with very little difficulty in controlling the puck. Very much a "soft hand" type of a shaft with great forgiveness in pass receiving department. Absorbancy has never been so prominently thought of before this stick. On-ice pass is very smooth and almost "accelerating" to watch, and saucer pass is very consistent and accurate. 9.5/10 Shooting: Can I say "Wow!"... I don't know whether or not the last stick I used (CCM V120C) had been getting old or whatnot comes in as a factor, but shot quality without a doubt, without being introspective or biased in any way, blew me away the very first wrist shot I took out on the ice. Such kick, such flex, such CURVE (biased) all contributed in this monstrous shot I took, and it WAS my first and only shot taken, but all subsequent shots taken the rest of the evening had the same feeling. Snappers, again, incomparable to my CCM, as almost no effort needed to experience the similar effect. Slappers, when you get the whole thing on the blade, top shelfing the slapper isn't the problem, it is the sudden notice in velocity that takes place while travelling to the top corner of the net. Let's just say that slapper is one of my weaknesses in the game, but with this stick, I have nailed top left corner post from the neutral zone (for fun) with 3/4 of the effort I put in with the CCM. 9.7/10 Weight and balance: Overall can't complain, balance is very equal from butt-end to blade, without any difficulty waving it around with my single hand on butt-end. Felt great compared to my Johnson (broken) which was a bit butt-end weighted, and had harder time poke checking with it. 9/10 Durability: Again, overall I cannot complain, as I have only used it 4 times, but will probably update as time goes on (rating not applicable at this time) Conclusion: Warrior Mac Daddy Nipple grip. Overall one of the best OPS stick used in a long time. Great blade responsiveness, balance, weight, and mainly shooting! It was no longer a wonder why a lot of people preferred this stick over the Kronik and Michael Nylander still uses it when there are newer Warriors out already lol. In conclusion, this is a stick that requires very much less effort to commit to making shots that you've dreamed of nailing when time calls for it, and at the same time, if you keep the effort to max anyway, you will instead of fanning the puck or missing the net, it doubles your chance at making that furious shot. This has so far been one and only stick that I can recommend to people saying "just as it says on the ads".... and I DON'T do that very often at all with products. 9.5/10

here we are:

Helmet: Nike Bauer 4500 Visor: Itech Half: ventilated Shoulder pads: Nike Bauer Supreme 50 Elbow pads: Nike Bauer Supreme 50 Gloves: CCM vector V6.0 Pants: Nike Bauer XXX-Lite Shin pads: Nike Bauer Supreme 50 Skates: Nike Quest 4 Stick: OP CCM Vector V6.0 Ovechkin/CCM Vector V120-C Recchi