Intro & New Features
With a new hockey season comes the return of Warrior’s recently released stick family, the Novium. Sitting with a kick point somewhere between their low-mid Alpha line and the late Dynasty high kick line, Novium looks to empower your shots with a more modern and innovative design. This hockey stick comes equipped with a Bevel taper, a Minimus Carbon UD weave, T 122, and a Fuelcore blade.
Stick Flex Profile
The Novium family has been designed to increase the amount of energy you can input into your shots. These sticks bend a bit higher in the blade than low and hybrid sticks, which is what allows for more energy to be stored before rocketing a shot. These sticks specifically are a bit tougher and stiffer to shoot with, but once you get a good feel of the stick, you will really feel that power.
Shaft Construction & Stiffness
For increased toughness, the stick uses Warrior’s Minimus Carbon unidirectional weave, coupled with their T 122 construction. T 122 creates a strong and durable stick while providing optimal balance and performance.
The bevel taper is a newer innovation in Warrior’s stick lines, which sees an angled concave design along the bottom of the shaft. This taper is designed to stiffen and strengthen that section of the stick for better control and velocity on shots.
Blade Construction
Warrior’s Fuelcore blade returns in the Novium2 SP for greater responsiveness, pop, and durability. Fuelcore is a polymer blade core for that enhanced feel, which is surrounded by carbon composite layering to reduce the breakdown of materials.
Graphics
Novium showcases some clean graphics from Warrior, seeing a mainly black colour scheme with pops of red throughout. The SP variation includes deeper red Warrior and Novium text graphics, and no white along the shaft.
Grip
The Novium2 SP uses a soft gloss grip to help you have a good hold on your stick while you play.
Blade Patterns, Flex & Stick Length
The Novium2 SP Intermediate hockey stick is available in the following blade patterns: W03, W28, and W88.
W03 is the best blade pattern for all-around play, with a mid-curve style. It is great at handling the puck in small spaces, including face-offs. This curve may suffer a little bit on the backhand.
W88 is a relatively traditional curve. A popular choice in the past, it excels greatly in stickhandling, quick wrist shots, and controlling snap shots.
W28 is a much more aggressive stick pattern, used often by elite players. This blade curve specializes in quick and accurate shots, but it can be a bit difficult to get used to since it is also very good at raising the puck.
63 Flex (W03, W28, W88), L/R - 60”
55 Flex (W03, W28, W88), L/R - 57”