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Warrior · Gear Segment

Warrior Swagger Goalie Stick — 20th Anniversary Limited Edition

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From the InGoal Radio Podcast’s weekly gear segment, presented by The Hockey Shop Source for Sports — Kevin Woodley and Cam Matwiv break down this gear in the video above. The full segment transcript is below.

Key Takeaways
  • The Warrior Swagger Goalie Stick is releasing a 20th Anniversary Limited Edition, marking two decades of the Swagger line.
  • Limited-edition releases in the goalie stick market often feature exclusive cosmetics or commemorative specs not found on standard retail models.
  • Kevin Woodley, InGoal Magazine's lead gear reviewer, provides a hands-on evaluation of the anniversary stick.
  • Goalies interested in collector or milestone equipment releases should watch InGoal for full spec breakdowns and on-ice impressions.

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Episode Transcript 1,094 words
Cam Matwiv 15:26

Oh, we got some swagger here today, ladies and gentlemen. We're here checking out the Warrior Swagger vintage style, Goal Sticks

Kevin Woodley 15:38

this week. That is like, I I literally wanna go stretch for three hours on a game day. This is giving me some serious Miikka Kiprusoff vibes. I mean Forty five minutes before morning skate, forty five minutes after morning skate, forty five minutes before the game, forty five minutes after the game it up. That's three hours every game day for Miikka Kiprusoff. But mostly, the man had style. Whether it was the He

Cam Matwiv 16:01

had swagger.

Kevin Woodley 16:01

Whether it was the masks or the swagger sticks. So so tell me, Cameron.

Cam Matwiv 16:05

Well, there's definitely I

Kevin Woodley 16:06

mean Clearly Yes. We've got the look.

Cam Matwiv 16:09

Yes. We've got

Kevin Woodley 16:10

a lot of swagger on this segment. Oh my god. I'm feeling it, but this is modern. Like, I got, like, Warrior's ASG grip up top, which I'm really loving. Just So what is this really?

What what what what do I have in my hands other than one, like, sexy stick?

Cam Matwiv 16:27

Alright. So V6 are based off of the V series line. So this is the V4 stick. You have the V4 senior stick and then there's also the V4 Pro.

Kevin Woodley 16:38

Okay.

Cam Matwiv 16:39

In terms of availability, in terms of options.

Kevin Woodley 16:42

Those are two of the three price points we would find in The the V4 only one we're missing is the Ritual.

Cam Matwiv 16:47

The RTL.

Kevin Woodley 16:48

Which is the highest price point.

Cam Matwiv 16:49

That's correct.

Kevin Woodley 16:50

Okay. So we've got the mid and the low price point options with retro graphics. That's essentially what we're looking at.

Cam Matwiv 16:57

That is 100% what we were looking at. So, yeah, you already called it out, the ASG shot.

Kevin Woodley 17:01

Feel like

Cam Matwiv 17:01

I your glove in. Super nice, like, lightweight, but, man, we are just enthralled by the graphics. So you have three options. You've got your Calgary Flames esque

Kevin Woodley 17:12

That's it. Like, don't even like, it's Kipper. This is Kipper.

Cam Matwiv 17:15

You got your LA Kings esque design.

Kevin Woodley 17:19

I'm, like, feeling Jonathan Quick hoisting cups of that thing.

Cam Matwiv 17:21

So now here you go. Pop quiz with our Montreal design. Who was using?

Kevin Woodley 17:25

I was actually trying to think of this, and I'm I'm I'm trying to think of air. I'm trying to think of timeline.

Cam Matwiv 17:31

So community engagement, comment below.

Kevin Woodley 17:33

Help out the old guy, folks.

Cam Matwiv 17:35

Yes. Exactly.

Kevin Woodley 17:36

So he struggles to remember what he had for

Cam Matwiv 17:38

breakfast. That's fine. So watch some dates. Three different designs, two different price points, junior, intermediate, senior available, intrinsic for sizing curve. So, again, wide swath as options.

So for those of you that are wanting to relive some of your glory days with those Swagger woods. I had Like like like 10 of these that I would cycle through.

Kevin Woodley 18:02

The the sort of the wood like Oh, it just looks great. Around the edges like that that look, that feel. Now, I mean, the one interesting part is like there's paint added on here. Correct. And so it does feel at times like it might feel a little heavier.

We haven't weighed it, but that's just the one caveat, folks. The one caveat, it's still an incredibly light stick.

Cam Matwiv 18:22

So without scratching that rabbit hole surface down too too much, yes, I mean, this is extra paint added to a stick in theory.

Kevin Woodley 18:28

Well, and they're so light these days that if you add layers of paint, you're adding weight.

Cam Matwiv 18:32

However, Warrior's v series sticks were already painted anyway. They didn't have exposed carbon, so this still does actually come out to the same weight as your standard v series.

Kevin Woodley 18:39

Really?

[crosstalk] That's correct. Even in the blade.

Cam Matwiv 18:41

Even in the blade.

Kevin Woodley 18:42

I'm gonna have to go check, Cameron. I don't trust you.

Cam Matwiv 18:45

So only one curve, twist, standard, same as p 31 in about

Kevin Woodley 18:50

Who would trust a guy that describes this stick as Calgary flames and not Miikka Kiprusoff? Oh, Miikka Kiprusoff. All credibility lost. Oh, okay. Give them your number just in case you are actually pretty good at answering questions.

Cam Matwiv 19:05

604-589-8299 or 1-800-567-7790 or check us out at the hockeyshop.com.

Kevin Woodley 19:11

And remember, hit up the comments and let us know which Montreal goaltender made this look famous.

Daren Millard 19:18

I bet it's cool being around the hockey shop when something like that comes out and then Cam and company get to tell all the newbies, back in the day, this was the greatest thing in the world. This is this reminds me of Miikka Kiprusoff. You wouldn't remember him, but he was outstanding. You get to be a little bit of a a a dad moment.

Kevin Woodley 19:37

I think I I can't remember who was Cam or Jono. One of them was like, the only thing missing on this stick is the made in Finland. Right? Because remember those Warrior swaggers with the with the famous for the Finnish wood and and and how Warrior was having them still made. Now what was that?

Wasn't that it's a former defenseman that owned the company. Now I'm brain cramping, Daren. I've taken too many pucks to the head. Those old goalie sticks in the swagger line was was Warrior purchased that from a former NHL defenseman's company. And what what was it?

Much like the question we asked in the video about which Montreal Canadian used the stick, and by the way, the the the colors on that one would also work for the New York rangers. Now I'm now I'm starting to wonder. I don't trust my own memory. It's terrible, terrible, but it's a great stick. And you know what they've got at the Hockey Shop Source for Sports right now?

A whole bunch of them. We did the CCM Vision last week. They've got a rack full of pro returns from multiple companies. All the greatest from Bauer, the new sticks from Warrior, whether it's the v four line right up to Ritual or these new Swagger looks, they've got it all at the Hockey Shop Source for Sports, and they've got new stuff coming in pretty much every week it seems. So even though the normal launch season is in the spring, there's still new stuff coming in the fall.

Make sure you check out the hockeyshop.com on an almost daily basis like Daren does to see what's new. And for our American friends, it's Thanksgiving in Canada right now, which means Thanksgiving sale from our Canadian friends at the hockeyshop.com up to 50% off. Make sure you check it out today.

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