Warrior Ritual G7 Youth Goalie Line

It's cute, but it's also a place where they have a lot of knowledge. They understand the importance between gear that's gonna make them feel safe, but still gonna allow them to move. There are lots of different options out there. You can spend a little. You can spend a lot.

And what I love about Cam and his crew is they're never going to steer you purely towards spending a lot if it's not the right thing for your young goalie. So if you're in the market for this, like I said, we got a great segment coming up on an option from Warrior, but also make sure you check-in with their experts at thehockeyshop.com, at the Hockey Shop Source for Sports in Langley to get the right gear for your young goaltender. They've got lots of options, and they'll make sure they get you something that's gonna work for the little goalie in your life.

To the Hockey Shop, we go with Woody and Cam.

Itty bitty. Y'all should've had Hutch on camera today. This might have fit him. Tough bounce. Said the guy who actually got his hand in the child's glove.

Got a tough bounce.

Yeah. Hey, listen. Small hands. What can I say? Soft hands though, Cam?

Soft hands.

Well, let's get this Ritual on the road.

With the Ritual G7, is this now I always get confused. Youth? Junior? What are we

you. We are talking about the smallest of the small.

This is the smallest of the small? Yes. What makes this line and it is a good time of year. If you're grabbing gear, you're association set. Maybe you're the equipment

manager of an association. All

those things.

Welcome back to The Hockey Shop Source

for Sports. A much delayed introduction because we were having some fun with the Warrior Ritual G 7 Youth Line. Yes. 22 plus a half on my pads.

What ones did you

have there? Yes. Different sizes. Walk me through what makes this one a good alternative, a good option.

Let's start with

the pad first. Look how thin that is.

So when we're at this stage of the game, we are focusing on getting the goalie out on the ice, getting him comfortable, him and or her comfortable associated with position, ease of use, ease of play. That is where this pad comes in and excels quite a bit. I would consider a little bit of step up from like some of the basic youth offerings that are out there. This gives a very, very easy to do up pad step by step. I know at some point, like, especially with the young goalie parents, there can be a bit of intimidation.

There we go. With getting, you know, your young goalie strapped up and set out on the ice. This makes it very simple, very straightforward, very workable, extremely lightweight, but still very, very functional. Things that carry over that are kind of like shrunk down, you still get that same flat face design. Nice.

Super thin face. So so Correct. Light, mobile. Flexible.

Yes. So not 100% the exact same as what we would see on like the next size up or anything like that, but nice functional knee strap.

ARS is interesting on the toe tie. Rather than having to figure out toe ties.

Just an easy

Clip it through the toe. Boot of the skate?

I mean, the one thing that would be, you know, for sure a highlight too as well is that there's gonna be some still player skates at this age for sure. So this is still easy to get around that first part of that holder of that player skate as well. But if you do make that transition to goal skates, which is ideal, still easily through the toe clips right in. Clip her

in one Velcro around the calf.

One Velcro around the knee.

Velcro around the knee. An extra strap, like, basically built in knee protection.

See it thigh board. Thigh board thigh wrap. I mean, ideally, move into a knee pad, if you do, you can still unlace this and get rid of it, which

is perfect. Oh, listen. I was kinda hoping they'd bring the thigh board back for the senior models because that thing was a cheat code. Moving forward. You're probably too young to even remember a thigh board, aren't you?

Just don't worry. You just like you ignore

it because you don't know.

No. I just ignore it because of how bad they were.

They they they did the job.

Effect pad rotate. Anyway, it doesn't matter. So moving to the side of the pad, they do not do not have a plastic slide piece that Warrior's become known for. But at the youth, is a little bit excessive. We're most worried about getting, you know, that child on the ice, getting mobile, starting to learn those fundamentals.

Once we step up to the junior, that's when we get the slide plate.

Okay. Super light. What size range for the pads?

So twenty, 22, twenty four. Plus a half. Correct. Alright.

Gloves, blocker. Super easy to close, which is so important at this age.

Yes. So gloves specifically, super lightweight, easy to close right out of the box. Very, very simple.

With some adjustability. So smaller hands, bigger hands. If the glove is a little big on you, chance to crank it down on the back, really get get it fit tight. Got your finger stalls. Just an easy to close, easy to manipulate.

Most focused on

having something that can operate and be fundamentally usable rather than having two blockers on the head. So, speaking of blockers, thin, lightweight, small adjustment, tight fitting hand,

Perfect for

those young goalies.

Should we test if it fits on Kevin's hand? Oh, does. That's not good for me.

Okay. Chest. Beautiful. So completing the line, Warrior does have their youth offering for their chest. Two sizes available, small, medium, large, medium, large.

Second, adjustable arms. Simple backplate design, to slide on, easy to fit into, very mobile as well and giving enough protection for that young age. Great overall option. If you guys want to learn more about it and or talk about it, you can give me a call (604) 589-8299 or 1-800-567-7790 or check all of this equipment out at the hockeyshop.com.

I'm smiling. I'm I'm normally mister Negative. I'm a little, you know, chirping you all the time, but, like, the big smile because it's just the itty bitty goalies. Like, they're so cute. Like, I'm picturing, like, a little itty bitty goalie in this stuff, and it's it's making me happy, Cameron, the next generation.

We'll end this on a positive then. Happy Woody.

Do people ever walk by while you guys are recording those Gear segments and create a studio audience?

Yes and no. We record them before the doors open. Every now and then, we're struggling to finish up before customers start rolling in. But, there are definitely employees that come and hang out and and get involved. There's also careful editing happening because there are so many online orders to fill that there are employees running back and forth occasionally as we're filming picking gear off the off the wall to stuff in a box and send off to somebody on the other side of the country.

So, yeah, it's a it's a fun place to be when when it's time to record. I do understand though, Kevin, that there may have been a hall of famer in the hockey shop this week. Not sure if he was purchasing goalie gear or not.

Yeah. And that was it wasn't the Brodeur statue either.

This is No. No. A real live one.

Breathing. Mhmm. Saw it on social. How about jumbo Joe Thornton just casually dropping by and hanging out at the Hockey Shop? And maybe there's a youth tournament in town.

I don't know if I I don't know what why he was here, but he was here.

Start a rumor. Maybe he's trying out for the Canucks this year. PTO?

They they need a center. Yeah. And I bet he could still play. Listen. It just goes to show you that that is the place to be.

Like, when when you're in town, whether you're our friend Cam Matwiv coming up all the way from Los Angeles on a flight to buy gear or people we know coming in from Calgary or the East Coast, making sure that any visit to Vancouver includes a visit to the hockey shop. We've got another we've got we've got our Aussie coming back. He's you know, he's gonna he'll be here in town soon.