Bauer Vapor XXX Goalie Stick

[The Webster 0]

hey guys check the new Bauer Vapor XXX Goalie Stick

http://www.greatskate.com/acb/showdetl.cfm...15981&CATID=163

[DeI 18 0]

never mind..."The New Vapor XXX Ergo Comp Goalie Stick"

[Squirrel 0]

Is it a composite?

A woodie for $200, C'mon. ;)

[DeI 18 0]

beans, you beat me. I was editing my post when you added :lol: I guess I should've looked at the price... ;)

[Squirrel 0]

Haha. Its looks pretty nice (me not being a goalie). How many composite goal sticks are there out there? I know TPS makes one and maybe this is Bauers response to the composite goal sticks.

[rausch27 1]

the 2 goalies on my team both have the rbk one , theyre pretty sweet looking , plus my tender said he could score with the stick so we put a little bet on it ;)

[The Webster 0]

hey

i didnt say i like the stick i just added it on as i thought no1 knew about it

if you ask me every bauer goalie stick they had made was rubbish

[Scarey 0]

TPS made the first comp goalie stick. The Xhale, then they made the Xhale 2, then the Respose Plus. Wich in turn had RBK now making a comp, and Sher - Wood also. I heard about the Bauer one but I haven't seen it in person yet. (The RBK's arn't like the real Comp like TPS and sher wood made.) Oh Vaughn also made one the Gold series i believe.

[JR Boucicaut 3804]

Didn't Maltese's stick come out before TPS's?

[Scarey 0]

Never heard of them... they don't sound "Big" enough, for me to consider.

[kovalchuk71 212]

theyre not very well known...

[DDude26 0]

TPS made the first comp goalie stick. The Xhale, then they made the Xhale 2, then the Respose Plus. Wich in turn had RBK now making a comp, and Sher - Wood also. I heard about the Bauer one but I haven't seen it in person yet. (The RBK's arn't like the real Comp like TPS and sher wood made.) Oh Vaughn also made one the Gold series i believe.

Hey! You fogot CCM G12's too!!

[Chadd 916]

Didn't Maltese's stick come out before TPS's?

Yes, at least I saw them long before I saw TPS had one.

theyre not very well known...

Actually a lot of goalies know about them.

Never heard of them... they don't sound "Big" enough, for me to consider.

That's one of the dumber things I've heard, a lot of innovation comes from small brands.

[sogaduch 0]

ive seen one in person before, i was at a pickup game with our reps on an outdoor rink and he had one for demo it is concave but doesnt look that durable though as the response was or the g12. still it was light

[A_Steeves12 0]

as a player how has seen composite stick break after begin hit with a shot i have to wonder how durrible these bad boys are?

[sogaduch 0]

as a player how has seen composite stick break after begin hit with a shot i have to wonder how durrible these bad boys are?

well the top of the paddle is concaved like the xn10 to give it some durability

[Scarey 0]

Ive had my Xhale for 4 years the damn thing wont break... its a beast and id dont use it

[Justin Liedloff 13]

To correct a couple things here, I offer the following information.

The CCM G12 is NOT a full composite stick. Neither is the Sherwood Eclipse, or the Montreal whatever the name is. And, to the best of my knowledge, the RBK isn't either. All of the above sticks have a composite handle, with a composite reinforced foam core paddle. Of the 4, I think the CCM has the best balance and flex. But, don't be mislead and pay a higher price for a stick that isn't a true composite.

As of the show last year, the only true composite goal sticks were

TPS Hockey-

Response Plus

XHale 2

Xhale

Genesis

BNH-

Bauer Vapor

Maltese-

PM714

PM813

Of course, things have developed since the last show, and I look forward to seeing whats available at the show in January.

well the top of the paddle is concaved like the xn10 to give it some durability

As someone who has been using the Response Plus since the beginining, I'm pretty sure this statement is false. I am going to check when I get home, but I don't recall any sort of concave in the paddle or handle of the stick.

[Scarey 0]

Are you related to Brad or Jeff Herman?

[vision 0]

No concave in the paddle of any response plus that I've seen but that might have been a running change.

Phil at maltese hockey came out with his stick (pm.714) roughly one year prior to the TPS xhale hitting the market. There have been a couple of other composite sticks but none available to the us/canadian market without some import trickery.

::m

[forbs02 20]

The G12 are pieces of junk even though they are not full composites. I work with a team and the goalie has been using them and they have been breaking away in pieces. I have never seen a goal stick break down so quickly. As soon as she breaks the last one the tender is going back to wood.

[sogaduch 0]

No concave in the paddle of any response plus that I've seen but that might have been a running change.

i was talking about the vapor stick, i should of stated that in my post

[supahdon 0]

First time I've seen it........

http://cgi.ebay.com/Bauer-Vapor-XXX-30-Ful...1QQcmdZViewItem

[whbd18 0]

A goalie on my HS team has it along with the XXX skates too.

[CardinalHcky19 0]

man thats a pretty sweet stick