The goaltender position is typically treated like a specialized profession on a hockey team, and that includes having specialized gear. Where the other players—the skaters—wear equipment designed to offer protection without compromising skating and shooting speed, goalies have big, thick gear to help block pucks and absorb the force of slapshots. And while the price of goalie gear is comparable to skater gear—around $1,000—for the youngest players, at the highest adult levels the cost of those wider sticks and giant gloves and pads can add up to $7,500 or more before taxes, even as skater gear stays much closer to $1,000 as players advance. This slideshow breaks down the goalie gear and its current retail pricing.
Alyssa is the Newsletter Editor at The Coast and has been with the publication since 2022. She was born and raised in Toronto where she graduated from the University of Toronto studying English and professional... More by Alyssa Goulart
Matt spent 10 years in the Navy where he deployed to Libya with HMCS Charlottetown and then became a submariner until ‘retiring’ in 2018. In 2019 he completed his Bachelor of Journalism from the University... More by Matt Stickland