Sherwood's Redesigned Playrite Kids' Sticks Land at Source for Sports

Buying a first stick for a seven-year-old is mostly guesswork: you grab something off the rack, cut it down, and hope the flex isn't a two-by-four. Sherwood's rebuilt Playrite line is aimed squarely at that problem, and it is now showing up in the Source for Sports online catalogue, with the first listing posted August 28, 2026.

The idea is a ladder. Four models, Playrite 0 through 3, each with a length and flex matched to a player's height and weight rather than sold as one generic "youth" stick. Ice Warehouse lists the Playrite 0 at 44 inches and 10 flex, the 1 at 46 inches and 20 flex, the 2 at 50 inches and 30 flex, and the 3 at 52 inches and 40 flex, and Source for Sports lists the same four flexes. Sherwood's own sizing chart on its Playrite product pages starts at 3-foot-8 and 40 pounds, and Ice Warehouse's chart steps up from there to the 40 flex for the largest junior players, at 4-foot-9 to 5-foot-4 and 75 to 100 pounds.

What actually changed is the shaft. Sherwood says the construction is new, with rounded corners to cut down on the stick twisting in small hands during a pass or a shot, and Ice Warehouse lists smaller shaft dimensions. Sherwood's Playrite page puts the 0 and 1 on a youth shaft geometry; the 2 and 3 move up to a junior size, so the transition as a kid grows is less jarring. Blade patterns were redesigned too; Ice Warehouse lists PP92 on the Playrite 0 and 1 and PP92M on the 2 and 3.

The build is honest about what it is: Ice Warehouse lists a speared two-piece carbon fibreglass shaft with a traditional foam-core blade, tacky grip finish and low kick. Ice Warehouse independently weighed the 20 flex at 46 inches at 267 grams. Ice Warehouse lists the manufacturer warranty on the composite stick as 30 days, through Sherwood Direct.

Pricing at Source for Sports runs CA$64.99 and CA$69.99 for the two youth models and CA$74.99 and CA$79.99 for the junior sizes. U.S. listings at Ice Warehouse show the same numbers in U.S. dollars, US$64.99 to US$79.99, in stock in both left and right hands.

For parents, the practical win is that the buying decision is a chart lookup instead of a coin flip. For the kid, a properly soft flex is the difference between learning to load a stick and learning to slap at the puck.