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Alex Stalock of the Minnesota Wild in butterfly position making a save, wearing Vaughn gear in white and green

Pro-Gear: Alex Stalock on stick taping and bucking the trend to composite

Kevin Woodley | | 4 min read
Key Takeaways
  • Rubbing a puck over white blade tape helps goalies like Stalock, Aaron Dell, and Linus Ullmark see their stick blade against the white ice during puck-handling.
  • Stalock uses a custom grip cut into his Warrior stick, tailored specifically to his handling style and preferences.
  • Stalock has considered keeping a second stick with a large heel curve on the bench for late-game empty-net goal attempts.
  • Stalock nearly scored an NHL goal before Eddie Lack skated back onto the ice and made a diving save to deny him.
  • Stalock prefers wood sticks over composite, making him part of a shrinking group of NHL goaltenders who buck the trend toward composite.

Minnesota Wild goaltender Alex Stalock was kind enough to spend a little time in the stick room to show us the custom grip Warrior cuts into his sticks, how he tapes it, and why it works for him, but there was more to our chat than you see in the video below.

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