Even though goalie gear is strictly regulated which somewhat limits the ability for individualism, Ana Söderström can still work with the equipment managers to help her feel as comfortable in her gear as she can be. The biggest piece of gear where individuality can shine through is in a goalie’s stick. Ana’s not one to take many forays out of the crease, so she doesn’t need the huge curve that a playmaking goalie might find useful for really getting a hold of the puck, so she likes a fairly straight stick for staying flush on the ice and distributing short passes to teammates. Someone with a tendency to go for poke checks would probably have a huge knob of tape on the handle of the stick, but since Ana doesn’t do too many of those she can use a more tapered handle for agility. Other than that, her only request from the equipment team would be to put some rainbow tape on the blade.