Comments on: Girl’s Got Game: 60 minutes with National Women’s Team Goalies Kim St. Pierre and Charline Labonte

By: Paul Szabo

Paul Szabo — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 21:28:21 +0000

Hi Justin;
From briefly picking up Charline’s pads and gloves I felt like the difference was pretty subtle compared to the standard Cerberus equipment. The glove on the blocker hand was smaller for a woman’s hand, but the dimensions were spec. The interesting thing about the pad was that it seemed to have a bit less padding and more flex. The inner channel and knee stacks were custom made for her. You are right, those pads already had a wafer-thin design. Nobody else has copied it so maybe they were too avant-garde and didn’t sell well. Kim St. Pierre now wears the 9990 equipment, which has a much more conventional design.

By: Justin

Justin — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 04:31:04 +0000

I’m actually pretty curious about their pads as well because I’ve tried on those Cerebus pads and they have a SUPER-THIN profile … so they are super lightweight to begin with. But their profile where the thigh rise is like almost paper thin compared to most other pads.

By: David Hutchison

David Hutchison — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 23:53:06 +0000

I want the women’s pattern gear…seriously. If it’s lighter but safe enough for national team women, I’d bet that unless we’re laying major junior or above we’d all be well served by it.