Pro Gear: Marc-Andre Fleury Explains Unique Stick Grip
- Fleury uses a custom reverse-curve shoulder on the thumb side of his True composite stick, inspired by Carey Price's shaved-down grip.
- The modified grip brings the stick closer to the pad in the butterfly, giving Fleury a shorter, more controlled feel.
- Fleury only transitioned from wood sticks to a True composite model recently, making him one of the last NHL goalies to make the switch.
- Fleury is five games away from becoming the fourth goalie in NHL history to play 1,000 games.
- Small custom stick modifications at the grip can meaningfully change how a goalie positions the stick in the butterfly stance.
For years, Marc-Andre Fleury was one of the last holdouts using a wood stick.
Now that he’s in a composite model from True, the Minnesota Wild goalie also has a uniquely shaped custom shoulder with a reverse curve on the top, or thumb side of his blocker.
Fleury, who is five games from becoming the fourth goalie ever to play 1,000 games (and quite possibly the last to reach that milestone), kindly showed InGoal his custom grip and explained why he likes it, and who inspired it, as he came off the ice from a morning skate. Actually, Fleury did more than just explain it, dropping into a butterfly to show exactly why he likes it:
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