Goalie Equipment

To get the best value from your goalie equipment purchase, consider these key factors:

Skill level: Choose gear designed for your current level to maximize performance.

Age and size: Make sure the equipment fits properly for both comfort and safety.

Longevity: Invest in quality gear that can support you through multiple seasons of play.

Budget: With high prices, balancing cost and quality is crucial to getting the most out of your investment.

When purchasing goalie skates, several key factors should be considered to ensure the best fit and performance:

Fit and Comfort: The skates should offer excellent support without being too tight or too loose. It's important to ensure proper ankle and foot support to enhance quick movements on the ice.

Stiffness: Goalie skates are often stiffer than player skates to provide better stability and protection. This added stiffness is essential for protecting the ankle during high-intensity movements.

Blade Quality: Choose skates with durable, sharp blades for optimal grip on the ice. Quality blades improve your ability to stop and change direction quickly.

Goaltender's Playing Style: Consider your playing style. If you frequently make rapid lateral movements, opt for skates designed for enhanced side-to-side agility.

At MonkeySports, we offer a wide selection of goalie skates, designed for high quality and performance, so you can find the perfect fit for your needs.

To be an goalie in hockey demands quite much gear that is essential to keep you protected an to thrive as an goalie. 

We have made an checklist for you below to make it easier for you to know what you need to be an goalie. 

• Goalie mask/helmet
• Chest protector
• Leg pads
• Goalie gloves (catching glove and blocker)
• Goalie skates
• Pants (goalie-specific)
• Goalie stick
• Neck guard
• Jock or Jill protector (goalie-specific)

This is the basics that you need and to add to that you need but also you need the basics such as undergartments and a few accessories. 

At MonkeySports we have all the gear you need to be an goalie, either if you are just getting started or if you have been in the game for some time. 

Here you need to take account in to a few things when it comes to choosing the correct goalie mask for you. 

There are three important things you need to think about when choosing a new goalie mask. 

• Fit & Coverage: Make sure to find a goalie mask that fits well on your head according to measurements and sizing. It is very important that you find the right fit for your head so the mask can protect as it is meant to. 
• Level of play : Choose the Goalie Mask that is the right one for your level of play and there you have a few different segments as Proffessional, Elite, Performance or Recreational.
• Protective Areas : When you have forund the goalie mask that fits you well and match level of play you need to make sure that it fits all togheter and protect as it is meant to. 

At MonkeySports you can find an extensive selection of Goalie Masks from different brands and many different models with an big selection to fins the correct goalie mask for you. 

This is an very common question when it comes to goalie gear. 

What does full right and regular mean?

This is the meaning of which hand you have the stick or blocker, to put it simple. If you hold the stick in the right hand you need to choose "Regular". When you hold the stick in the left hand you need to choose "Full Right"

• Regular: This means that you have the blocker on the right hand together with the stick. Also then you have the catcher in the left hand. Then you need "Regular" for blocker, catcher and stick. 
• Full right: This means that you have the blocker on the left hand together with the stick. Also then you have the catcher in the right hand. Then you need "Full Right" for blocker, catcher and stick.

This is very personal when choosing the leg pads since most of the leg pads have different attrubutes when it comes to weight, break, material, colour and straping. 

When have listed the three important things for you to look at ehen choosing a new pair of leg pads. 

• Style of Play: There are two main different styles of play, there you need to find the one that is suited the best for you. Are you an butterfly or an hybrid goalie?
• Sizing: It's essential to choose the right size and style of leg pads that suit you to ensure they function as intended.
• Level of Play: You will also find the leg pads that match your level of play, Since the leg pads is usually an big investment you need to find the model that will give you the longetivity and best performance combined. 

This is just a few of the things you need to take in to account when buying a new pair of leg pads. But these are the most important to find just the right leg pads for you.