TRUE Catalyst Youth Goalie Pads & Gloves Review

What is on the docket for you and Cam this week?

We talk about the True youth line. So we've talked a lot about the different lines that True has brought to the, senior, adult, you know, teenage goalie component, but we never really dug into the youth line. So there's some new options there. And without further ado, I'm just gonna let Cam explain it to you. You know what we do at the end

[crosstalk] of the year, Cam? Remember things we forgot? That's right. And that's what we're doing here.

That's right.

We're gonna go over the true catalyst. Is this youth junior? Always get confused. I'm not that bright.

Junior.

And it's holiday season. Junior. Then we're all being pulled in different places. Okay. So catalyst junior line designed by Le Fave.

This has been on the shelf for a little while, but we've got some price point improvements from this line, some new options.

The original junior line.

So we apologize that we missed this earlier. We're catching up right now. This would be a great idea. Too late to get it under the tree for Christmas, but, you know, maybe we're halfway through a season. The young goalie in your life has decided to do it full time.

Transition from youth to junior.

Looking to maybe get them into something that gets them into next season depending on growth. But like now is a good time to think about that. And Cam has a whole bunch as we see different colorways, different options in stock right now. So Cam, walk me through what the Catalyst Junior line is real quick.

Alright.

What's up? Oh, by the way, welcome back at the Hockey Shop Source for Sports. I'm Kevin. He's Cam. We do

we do gear. That's that's that's what we do. That's what we do. Goal gear. Okay.

Catalyst Junior pad. Alright. First of all, starting with the pad itself. Nice. It's lightweight design.

It is very soft.

Flexible. Flexible. You don't want little goalies that don't have muscles yet to have to fight against their pad.

Too much rigidity. Right. K. So moving into the back, we also wanna keep things super simple for those goalies as well. So literally two straps.

Knee strap, large calf strap. Great dive wrap. And that's very fundamental to the end. So you can definitely see the fade influence on the style of the actual leg channel itself back to those really open super wide leg channels.

Yeah. Hey. But I mean, honestly, like, there's NHL guys that want leg channels that open. That's just the reality.

What they

I love the simplicity of it.

The thing that you will get very easily out of this pad, very easy rotation.

Could You still do this too. You still go Absolutely.

Yeah. Like and you know what I noticed? Maybe maybe you're gonna get there, Cam, but I'm gonna jump ahead of you.

Yeah. Here it comes.

A little pillow in there for what? Stability when they're down in that butterfly. I really don't want them down there all the time, but when they get there, it's nice to have a nice stable

That's correct, Kevin. Well done. Thank you, buddy. There you go. See, not a whole lot gets past you in goaltending and in real life.

Well that. When I'm on the ice, a lot gets past me, but here in the Hockey Shop Source for Sports, I try and be on my game.

So that's why you wanna talk about maybe a steep boot next.

Okay. I was noticing that.

So Very steep angle. So this will kick the pad up on your young goalie a little bit too as well. So you will notice that, and that's it is a little bit of a true characteristic of the way in terms of a pad sits on the leg. However, what that does actually aid in, so when your goalie does go down, instead of having that boot super flat and kissing that puck rebound right back up to the shooter, it's helping create that angle naturally to the corners, less of a chance of a straight rebound back to the shooter.

Okay. And then there's different philosophies on that. I like that. What about from a fit perspective in terms of your young goalie? Like, is the fit chart on the website if I'm buying this online?

Is it gonna be the same? How does that work? They need to call you?

So, yes, that'd be ideal. As usual, (604) 589-8299 or 1-800-567-7790.

Nicely snuck in there, Cam.

Nice. But so, yes, in terms of for even how that sits, you can see how even whenever I sit on the toe, how it does create that little bit of a gap transit for that overall fit. So, yeah, that will adjust the fitment a little bit versus some of the other pads that are on the wall. That's it.

And there is no bootstraps. It's not like

you can pull it down. No. Right. Okay. So that's an issue.

So the pad

itself will ride, like I said, higher. A little higher.

Yes. Okay.

Upper toe attachment.

Pro pro laces?

Yes. Super simple. Nice and easy to be able to do up onto the skate. Great that attachment point. If you wanna switch it to laces, very easy enough.

Just pull that elastic out, switch it over to laces. Dodged. Look with the pad in terms of having those knee rolls, but they're just a stitch line that is not an actual functional knee roll. And again, aesthetics. Style of

pen. Blocker.

Blocker first,

Well, we're going blocker first. I'm gonna yeah.

Okay. Nice. Lightweight blocker. I can't even get my hand in, so they have redesign their hand size a little bit more geared towards that junior hand in mind. Would it be

embarrassing if I fit my hand in there now? I'm then.

Uh-oh. Somebody got little hands. Yikes.

Okay. It's tight at least. Okay. Strong blocker board though. Nice Not and in there real good.

[crosstalk] Don't break the wrist. Yes. Try not to. So still get that good deflection point out of it, but nice lightweight package. So again, good overall fitting blocker.

Coming to exciting thing.

I noticed we got white on white, but they have different whites. Yes. This is unique. It just stand out a

little bit. Know? Does stand out a little Let's show off the graphic. Great.

I like the graphic. Okay.

K. Glove wise, finish off the series. So five ninety style closure, offset tee to help aid with that closure as well. Glove is very, very snappy off the shelf. You know I would say minimal amount of break in required for a glove like this as well.

Do you want to see

if that fits you too? Well I didn't exactly come off that oh no okay all right This is a win for me. I don't fit into this and a good job of sizing it down to proper size hands.

So a little bit tighter. Yeah. You can't get your hand fully in there. So that that's good showing for it.

That is. That's good. Nice nice big pocket in there. Correct.

[crosstalk] So age groups, style, like like, not style, but skill level play. Yeah. You're anywhere from that, like yeah. Again, it really depends

on the sizes. I guess if you're getting early growth spurts.

Exactly. Exactly. So, I mean, a lot of it happens. You do see a lot of true in the NHL, so your young goalie is probably gonna want true because they see it in the NHL a lot. So this gives them that option to

have Just be forewarned. They're not wearing this actual pad.

No. That's correct. Just in case.

Yep. Just the rates. So if you wanna talk about it a little bit more, you can give me a call.

(604) 589-8299 or 1-800-567-7790.

Get that in there twice today. I did. Atta boy. Catalyst junior line from True. We missed it.

Don't you miss it.

They've got it here at the Hockey Shop Source for Sports with lots of different color options and the experts to make sure that your young goalie is fit properly in it. It could be the catalyst for their next step.

Love it when you guys get together. Also, I wanna say that that happened on the boxing week sale website and sorted through a bunch of different things, and there there's some incredible deals there whether you're looking for upper body or pants or skates, masks are also on sale. So a little bit of everything, including pads and gloves. Danglers? There's danglers.

Yeah.

Some extra danglers for yourself?

Yeah. I I have about five of them just floating around, and I use them until they completely crack. And every time one cracks, I say,

that's why I got it. That would've hurt.

That would've been good.

Absolutely. Absolutely. It's And

it looks good. Like, when one cracks and and the the player that hits you, it feels terrible. And it it's kind of a flex when you skate back over to the bench to to take it off.

Yeah. I I don't have a ton of I it might be interesting because I don't wear one, but trying to think if I have skates where guys would shoot hard enough. I mean, I'm not against national hockey leaguers like you. A couple of guys had a couple of skates that played, but I wonder if if they'd be breaking danglers. When they split back now they're just hanging out.

Want me to try it.

You're like,

See, that's your way of trying to get me to try it is to call it a flex to get one broken. That's that's what played by you from a psychological standpoint.

Totally. No. Psychological. I would I would stop short of that. That gets us into a dangerous area, and and it's a shallow end.