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GPS Combo

This is our flagship of neck protection for goalies. With superior protection from impacts and cuts, our standard Combo clavicle pad is 10" in length from edge to edge and 4" in height from edge to edge. We offer different collar heights, notch cutouts for more neck clearance, and we also offer several modifications aimed at covering the area left exposed by the neck line of your particular chest & arm.

GPS Collar

Our GPS Collar features the same protective materials used in the goalie GPS Combo, while being aimed at forwards who require protection from impacts and cuts. It does not feature the clavical pad associated with the GPS Combo, but has an available option for a bib (pictured).

GPS ClavPad

The ClavPad is one of our very first products. This item is for people that wish to protect their clavicles, whether goalie or player. The standard size is 4" in length from top edge to bottom edge and 10" wide from edge to edge and 3/8" thick. This item is also customizable for those whose chest & arms neck line exposes a greater area than 10x4.

GPS Slash Guards

Our Slash Guards are brand new to our lineup. These are not your typical terry cloth sweat bands with a curved piece of plastic. These guards cover that area between your glove's cuff to the bottom of your elbow pads with our Maltese Air Gel. The coverage is approximately 300 degrees and comes with a neoprene cuff that fits under the elbow pads to prevent slippage.

GPS Lace-Bite Pads

Our first mass distributed item to NHL teams.  These pads have gone through three incarnations as our materials evolved, and just like the rest of our lineup, the Lace-Bite Pads feature reduced weight while offering the same amount of protection.

The pads prevent lace bite via a simple appliance to use.  While your skates are on, but not laced up, you place the pad (self adhesive hook dot toward the tongue) against the affected area; bring down the tongue and lace as per usual.  When you unlace your skate and take it off, the LBP stays put on the tongue.  No more looking for your lace bite pads for each skate session!

GPS Mask Padding

This is ‘it’…the padding that will change how masks are finished off.  Say good-bye to ineffective materials like Rubatex, EVA, EPP and anything else that is NOT gel.  Our gel has an effective operational range of -40 degrees to 200 degrees.  It is 100% hypoallergenic.  The gel immediately rebounds to provide the same level of excellent attenuation for multiple sequential impacts.  This gel appears to be foam, but do not mistake it as such.  This gel looked like the gel we all know prior to being air frothed, which reduces the weight.  We offer two thicknesses in the kit.  The blue is ¼” thick and the gray is 1/8” thick and self adhesive so it can be married to the blue (provided you’ve cleaned it well) wherever you may need the gel to be thicker.  The attenuation properties of the gel mean you can use a thinner padding, which increases overall visibility, while increasing your protection.

Easy to install, provided you follow a few basic tenets; clean the surface of the mask thoroughly using an astringent such as lacquer thinner, remove the scrim (cloth) backing from the pieces of gel to receive the self adhesive hook dots (use the self adhesive loop dots on the surface of the mask).  The scrim backing is left on to keep the surface of the gel pieces clean, so do not remove it until you are ready to affix your dots.  Allow the self adhesive fasteners to setup for twenty-four hours prior to use.  A bonus in using the gel is it will outlive your mask!

GPS Chin Sling

Our GPS Chin Slings are a new option for goalies, filling the need for goalies who prefer the feel of a sling in their masks. This item is an option in the GPS Mask Padding Kit, but we now offer it as a standalone item for those who wish to upgrade from the classic chin pad.Â