How do you know what stick blade is good for you?

Question

Ok, so I really want to get a 350 synergy stick, but I have no idea what kind of blade to get. I shoot right and I play right wing. Ive been playing with an intermediate CCM Vector with a Recchi blade for like 4 years.
How do I know what kind of blade to choose? What do curve, face, toe, length, and lie mean? and how will they affect how I shoot?
Heres a link to the stick:
http://www.inlinewarehouse.com/descpage.html?pcode=ES35S

Thanks!!!
Also, I'm 5'6 so should I get an intermediate or senior stick?

Answer 1

I would go with the intermediate or senior, depending on if you like a stiffer or a bendy stick. I would go with he intermediate, since that's what you've been using. As for Balde, the Sakic is virtually identical to the Recchi, I would go for that. Stick with what you know.

Answer 2

Trial and error. Try different ones until you are comefortable. Face is the front of the blade. Toe and heel are thetwo ends. Curve is the blade curve. Yes it all affects.

It's such a personal thing. I recently played a game and had to use someones stick. Icould hardly handle the puck. You wouldn't think that is a big deal but it is. You have to FEEL it.

Answer 3

Blades are strictly personal prefrence. But as a defenseman i stick my stick out far on the ice and i dont want the tip of my stick to go up in a way that the puck can slip under it. You also usually don't want a reeally curvy or pin straight stick. But, like i said it's all personal prefrence.

Answer 4

i might...my first highway hockey stick ever became into an Anaheim effective geese stick and that i did no longer tape it. i might circulate out on the concrete slab at the back of our homestead each and each of the time and shoot the hell out of our highway hockey purpose...till all that scraping against the concrete wore out the plastic blade so badly that the air-circulate holes on the splendid have been almost all that became into left. Any hockey stick's blade might desire to be taped in case you intend on employing it in any respect, i do no longer care what floor you're taking part in on.

Answer 5

Trial and error. What works for one person won't work for another. That said, I personally promote WOODEN sticks. I am not convinced the new sticks are really better than the old ones.