Your curve can make or break your game, it can be a continual process to tweak your curve and flex to fit your style, and your style to your flex and curve.
Sometimes, though, your stick breaks and is not made any more.. Or you’ve found a great deal, but it’s made by a different manufacturer. How do you know which curve is similar to the one you’re using?
We’ve put together this table of similar patterns helping you understand the different curves on the market and which curves from different hockey stick manufactures are similar
| Pictures | Description | Brand | Specifications |
|---|---|---|---|
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Most popular pattern in the game of hockey.
For puck control, quick release, and firing shots. Start with this pattern. |
Easton: (E3) Hall / Sakic
Bauer: (P92) Ovechkin / Backstrom) CCM Ribcore and Speedburner: (P87A/P29) Crosby CCM Tack: (P19) (Nugent-Hopkins) |
Curve – Big Mid
Lie – 5.5 – 6 Depth – 12mm 1/2″ Face – Open Toe – Round |
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Prototypical mid-blade pattern.
The second most popular pattern in hockey. For stick handling, wrist shots, and quick release. |
Easton: (E36) Mid Blade / Iginla
Bauer: (P88) Kane/ Lindros CCM: (P40) Hossa and Perron Warrior: (W88) Zetterberg |
Curve – Mid
Lie – 5.5 – 6 Depth – 9/16th Face – slightly open Toe – Round |
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The most modest amount of curve.
The third most popular. Allows for more blade on the ice. For handling the puck, and shooting forehand and back. |
Easton: (E4) Cammalleri / Zetterberg
Bauer: (PM9) Stamkos / Malkin CCM: (P42) Duchene Warrior: (W01) Burrows / Savard |
Curve – Mid-Heel
Lie – 4.5 – 5 Depth – 9mm 3/8 ” Face – Closed Toe – Round |
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Most popular heel curve.
Has a rounded toe and open face. For shooting off the heel, heavy shots, going top shelf, and for deflections. |
Easton: (E6) Parise / Drury
Bauer: (P91A) Stall CCM: (P36) Phaneuf and (P15) Galchenyuk Warrior: (W05) Granlund / Kovalev |
Curve – Heel
Lie – 5 – 6 Depth – 1/2 ” Face – Open Wedge Toe – Round |
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Harder to find pattern.
Similar to blade 1 with a square toe. For quick release, shooting accuracy, and for digging in corners. |
Easton: custom
Bauer: (P12) custom CCM: (P45) Tavaras and Datsyuk Warrior: custom |
Curve – Mid
Lie – 5 – 6 Depth – 12mm / 1/2″ Face – closed Toe – Square |
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Fastest growing pattern in hockey.
Sometimes considered the elite players curve. For keeping the puck on the toe, quick release, and extreme precision and accuracy. |
Easton: (P28) Open Toe
Bauer: (P14) Toews or (P08) CCM: (P46) Bergeron and Landeskog Warrior: (W28) Yakupov |
Curve – Toe
Lie – 5 – 6 Depth – 12mm/1/2″ Face – Open Toe – Round |
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A old favorite and very hard to find (Lidstrom).
Built for shooting off the heel, for slapshots, and pinpoint passes. |
Easton: (E5) Getzlaf / Lidstrom
Bauer: (P02) Kesler CCM: custom Warrior: (W02) Lidstrom / Jovanovski |
Curve – Heel
Lie – 5.5 – 6 Depth – 12mm/1/2″ Face – Open Toe – Square |
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A heel curve with a rounded toe and no wedge.
A starter blade for heel curve, easy transition from mid. For rising shots and saucer passes. |
Easton: custom
Bauer: (P106) Richards / Gagne CCM: custom Warrior: custom |
Curve – Heel
Lie – 5.5 – 6 Depth – 12mm/1/2″ Face – Open Toe – Round |