Who's your Daddy? The Brine Voyce X6 is an example of where the new head model for 2010 really is a chip off the old block, changed only by its updated dimensions. The earlier version of the Voyce is a Mikey Powell design that first hit the marketplace in 2008. The New Brine Voyce X6 is pretty much identical in appearance to the original Voyce.

The Brine Voyce X6 is legal for NCAA play only. It has the NCAA mandated 3" opening at the throat. It is, however, a little more open up top than the Warrior Evo Pro and some of the other X6's on the market, ones that measure as close to the bare 6" minimum opening as they can get away with for NCAA only play. The scoop opening on the Voyce X6 is a tad more generous at about 6 1/8" to give it a little more of the old school feel and a little extra catching area. This head is fairly light at 147 grams and, like its Daddy, it is pretty much a high performance head, engineered for attackmen and offensive minded midfielders.

The Voyce has the maximum offset, one which drops quickly down from the throat and stays relatively straight for that Brine Edge feel and ball control capabilities. There is no sidewall flare. The walls are straight up and down so that the opening measurement is consistent from the front face on down to the back opening throughout the head. Brine uses words like 'sleek' and 'narrow' to describe The Brine Voyce X6, and they say that it “combines old school flavor with new age design".

The Voyce X6 is rated as a very stiff head, and it bends very little from side to side. Brine touts it as having "a flared scoop for effortless ground balls", and there is indeed a small flare on each side of the scoop face, which is designed to help the blade to flatten out nicely for scooping the ball. The stiffness of the head is significant when considering that the blade is thin and is so scoop-friendly. It is probably not the best choice to use at the face-off X, although those small flares on the scoop sides might work well for some.

The shaft goes into the head a full 2.25" for extra durability in the throat area. The throat design has a little of that 'Transformer', heavy duty yet streamlined look to it. There are 12 almost diamond-shaped stringing holes at the bottom of each sidewall, and they are wide. The holes are not all evenly spaced, which is interesting. One could easily put any kind of pocket in this head. There is no protection built into the back of scoop for strings, so be careful not to use it too much on paved surfaces, etc.

Guys who like a little extra 'whip' in their pocket will tend to like the 'sound' of the Voyce.