Previously I have give glowing reviews to the Pro Stock Hockey Sticks (PSHS) hockey sticks and their different models, I especially loved their budget Yellow Line model for being the best $/performance stick you could get. After a few years of running their original Red Line model PSHS has released newer models featuring new tapers and all new overall stick designs. While I will be reviewing all 3 of the models including the VS (high/mid kick) and VF (hybrid) this review will be focused specifically on the VX low kick option.

Firstly, I want to thank the person behind PSHS for sending me these sticks to review and make content on. I will also be reviewing their custom stick models in the future which I purchased myself previously!

One of the common “complaints” that has popped up online about the previous PSHS Red Line low kick sticks was the lack of taper and technology behind the stick itself. Right now there are dozens of small stick manufacturers that are all offering very similar details and specs, usually clones of Bauer in terms of shaft shape and tapers. Previously the stock Red Line sticks from PSHS had the same generic taper as their mid/high kick sticks had. While it shot okay, it still wasn’t up to par with the top end low kick sticks that CCM, Bauer, Warrior, and True were offering. On the new VX you can see a taper that is designed to mimic the original Bauer ADV (BGP2B pro stock code) that you can still find being used in the NHL today. PSHS also adjusted the stock shaft shape on their VX low kick sticks including having very rounded corners and concave sidewalls.

Watch the full review below and on YouTube for all of the details of the Pro Stock Hockey Sticks VX low kick stick!

One part of this stick that I wasn’t very fond of was the new butt end plug, that is an interesting take on the traditional flat caps. The idea behind this is to add a small butt end to save from players having to add their own butt end to their sticks… but I found this knob to be too small and just felt awkward in my hand so I replaced it with my traditional tape butt end with a palm saver over grip. While I like that PSHS tried something different here, because I had to remove their new butt end I was left with a hollow top and would prefer a standard butt end was here instead.

Now obviously the most important part of this review is the shooting. While there are certainly improvements over the original Red Line, this stick performs more similar to the Bauer ADV (BGP2B) stick compared to the most modern low kicks on the market today. While I still love my pro stock Bauer ADV it doesn’t quite release as easily and have quite the kick as other low kicks currently offer. BUT the big BUT here is the price difference… this PSHS comes in at $250 Canadian currently… and the top end from the competition are $440 now (at least from CCM) and “previous gen” sticks are $420. Which is absolutely ridiculous and easy for me to say that the constantly raising prices of sticks compared to something like this makes them absolutely not worth it. I have previously written about Tage Thompson breaking the NHL hardest shot with a PSHS and if you pay close attention I also cover the currently NHL leader of all time goals in this review video as well… so if this stick is good enough to be used let alone tested in World Championship games by Nathan MacKinnon (see below) I think it is safe to say this stick will give YOU enough performance and is a MUCH better value proposition

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