Overview
The True A4.5 Grip Hockey Stick is a mid price-point model that can contend with some of the competitor's highest-end options. Weighing in at just under 450 grams (in Senior), the A4.5 stick feels and plays like it should be twice the price. Unlike any other brand on the market, this True stick utilizes a patented Axenic True-Once Piece Construction with SmartPly Technology for top-notch consistency, responsiveness, balance and feel.
For long-lasting pop and accuracy, the True A4.5 stick is outfitted with Active Bond 2 blade technology that attaches both the front and back blade faces with two support bridges. This unique design prevents the internal foam from breaking down while also ensuring deadly accuracy and precision.
- Heritage: New
- Level of Play Guideline: Performance
- Construction: True One-Piece
- Shaft Dimensions: Rounded Corners / Slightly Concave Sidewalls
- Flex Point: Mid Kick
- Weight: 449 grams (based on a TC2 curve, 85 flex)
Specifications
- Construction:
- SmartPly with 90% Carbon Twill
- 25 layers of unidirectional carbon fiber are strategically engineered for torsional response and impact strength
- Small tow size for a tight weave
- Fibers carry less load since they are not completely flat, making a decrease in stiffness less noticeable in case of impact damage
- Axenic True-One Piece Construction
- Patented process that compression molds the shaft and blade together, unlike anything else on the market
- The shaft walls thin towards the top while the blade laminates build the walls thickness back up, providing second to none consistency and balance
- Flex Profile:
- Mid-Kick Point
- Ideal for players who aggressively lean into their shots and want maximum shot power
- Geometry:
- Rounded Corners with Slightly Concave Sidewalls
- Grip:
- Grip stick finish
- Blade:
- Carbon Twill Weave Wrap
- Raises the balance point while enhancing responsiveness and feel
- Active Bond 2
- Dual support ribs that run heel to toe, attach the front and rear faces of the blade
- Very efficient at transferring energy, thus providing hard shot power
- Unique design prevents the foam core from breaking down and losing stiffness
- Lightweight construction process combined with Axenic Construction provides unparalleled balance and consistency
- Flex: 75, 85, 95 and 105
- Stick Sizing Guidelines:
- True Hockey Measurement = Universal Measurement
- N/A = 59.5"
Previous Feedback
Comments: There is only one word to describe this stick: phenomenal. This isn't even their top of the line stick yet it weighs nothing. The puck feel on this stick is incredible. Durability is the word when it comes to the shaft AND the blade. Something that is usually difficult to find. I'm coming over from a CCM RBZ Stage 1 Pro Stock and a CCM RBZ Speedburner Pro Stock. This stick weighs less than both and feels better stick handling. I loved the CCMs but I can't see myself returning due to the price of these sticks and the quality. Even as a back up, I would suggest this. The 4.5 doesn't have the anywhere flex that the CCMs do but the upper models do. I will be purchasing those next when my 4.5s break.
From: Andrew, Rancho Cucamonga, CA