“I think I used something like this when I was 6.” “This paddle is so low, it feels like a kid’s stick,” he said. The paddle on DeJordy’s stick is six inches shorter than Price’s, the same difference in their heights. And down some more, until the blade was flat on the dressing-room carpet. Price assumed a goalie’s crouch with it and leaned down. Its thick, flat blade is covered with a full roll of black friction tape, its paddle decorated with a red, white and blue band and jutting out from the shaft with a rough cut that might have been made with a band saw. The wood stick was used in the mid-1960s by the Chicago Black Hawks’ Denis DeJordy, a seven-game Canadien in 1971-72. Price cradled the Victoriaville Pro in his hands then laid it down to compare it to his curved-blade Reebok, which will retail for about $250 when it’s in stores next April. Indeed, no goalie is going to want to face his coach should his team be up by just one and he ices the puck while attempting to score, bringing the faceoff deep in his own zone. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
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