Olympian Philipp Grubauer Explains Custom Stick Grip
Hand-Crafted Performance: The story behind the unique double-notch on Grubauer’s Bauer stick.
Philipp Grubauer will represent Germany at the 2026 Winter Olympics and while we have to wait to see if he has a new stick to match the custom-colored True pads and gloves he broke in last month, we know he will have a custom grip on whatever stick he uses.
“I’ve had that my whole career,” Grubauer told us of the unique, double-notched custom grip on the Bauer stick he uses with the Seattle Kraken. “It feels just more comfortable.”
Grubauer explained to InGoal how he likes to choke down on that custom paddle, to which he adds a single strip of tape at the base of the shaft, almost like a knob you’d normally find at the end of the stick. The 34-year-old Stanley Cup winner demonstrated how he holds it:
Still ahead in this article:
Grubauer's double-notched grip turns out to be the same setup as a two-time Stanley Cup and Vezina winner — and that name is in the next paragraph.
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