Aksel doesn't have any preference for gear brands, and doesn't really get any sponsors because of that. He's got a mishmash of Bauer, CCM, Sher-Wood and Warrior. A few seasons ago, he had a glove each from different brands and they got angry and wrote him letters to only wear their glove if he was going to have a matching pair. He taped over the names with some of his black stick tape and kept wearing them until the material wore down. He's not loyal to underclothes either, and has several different compression pants and shirts. Sometimes when the other guys, who are extremely loyal to brands, get free stuff they don't want, they'll give it to Aksel as tribute and that rocks. He loves free stuff. He'll also take old stuff. There's a fair bit of gear shuffling amongst the team, and any nice stuff no one wants will go to the affiliate youth leagues which is cool.