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Hockey sticks are a critical piece of your equipment and having the right tool for the job can make all the difference in the world. Hockey Stick Expert is here to help find the best ice hockey sticks or roller hockey sticks for you and take your game to the next level. Topics we hope to cover include terms (like hockey stick flex, hockey stick length, hockey stick lie) and how-tos (Right vs. Left handed Hockey Sticks, taping a hockey stick, cutting a hockey stick to length) and more.
Hockey Stick topics and stick models we cover include:
- Ice Hockey Sticks
- Roller Hockey Sticks
- Street Hockey Sticks
- Wood Hockey Sticks
- Composite Hockey Sticks
- Easton Hockey Sticks
- Sherwood
- CCM and Mission
- TPS
- Goalie Hockey Sticks (would love find somebody to share their expertise here)
- Field Hockey Sticks
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Wrist Shots: Researching The Secrets
Dan Peterson posted a nice article about research that is being conducted at McGill University into the exact mechanics that go into a perfect wrist shot. The objective of the research really is to understand the exact techniques and factors that make up a more accurate shot.
The article does mention one difference between pros and novices when it comes to shooting at the upper corners. The difference is that the pros pull the puck in closer to their body prior to the shot to get better control. The research is ongoing and they hope to achieve results that will translate into specific instructions to improve the wrist shots of every hockey player.
You can read all of the article at the Live Science site here.
Filed Under Hockey Stick Shooting
1924 Olympic Hockey Stick Of the Toronto Granites
1924 Olympic Ice Hockey Stick
A classic collectible ice hockey stick is starting to surface, one that any collector would be proud to have in their collection. The stick is a team autographed wood hockey stick from the 1924 Olympic Gold medal winning team of the Toronto Granites.
It looks like its current owner, Jeanne Dodwell, might be putting it up for auction sometime between now on the Vancouver winter Olympics in 2010. The stick looks to be quite a treasure and it will surely find many potential buyers if it does go to auction.
The original story from TheStarcan be found here.
Filed Under Hockey Stick News
Hockey Sticks - Easton Hockey - Carbon Nanotube Research
3D Carbon Nanotube Structure from Wikipedia
The Easton Corp recently gave a $2 million dollar gift to the UCLA School of Engineering and Applied Science to provide for advanced research into carbon nanotubes. Easton Sports (look here for more HSE info on Easton Hockey) has been a leader in using advanced technologies and materials in manufacturing sports equipment for many years. This is another way that they are hoping to get a jump on a new era of better equipment for hockey and their many other sports lines.
Carbon nanotubes are layers of graphite that are built up from the level of single atoms. They have amazing strength for their weight and this allows them to be used to design even more advanced ice hockey sticks and other sports equipment. Are you interested in a hockey stick that weights significantly less than today’s lightest models but will be even more durable? Sign me up!
The original article from UCLA News can be found here.
Filed Under Easton Hockey, Hockey Stick Fun, Hockey Stick News
Ice Hockey Stick Composite Technology
I found this blurb on some recent advances in composite technology as applied to building a true one piece composite hockey stick. You can follow this link to find more of our articles on composite hockey sticks.
Key snippets from the article include:
The stick uses a third generation toughened high-end resin system, Araldite NanoTech Composite new RTM system, to meet the most stringent demands of ice hockey players.
… and …
The Busch ice hockey stick is made of carbon and glass braids around a synthetic foam core which provide the stiffness needed to release maximum energy. This assembly is then inserted in a mould with an injection point at one end and an outlet point at the other end. Araldite NanoTech Composite is injected into the mould to impregnate the braids. This technology has been patented by Busch to produce the only true one-piece composite hockey stick with continuous fibre strengthening and no joints.
The article also state that the Swiss National Hockey team used pre-released versions of these 1 piece composite hockey sticks during the 2008 World Championships in Canada and that the stick were well regarded.
The original article can be found here.
Filed Under General Hockey Stick Info, Hockey Stick News
Easton Hockey Sticks Dominate The NHL
Easton Hockey Sticks
Easton Hockey
Here are some very interesting statistics from a PR piece off of Easton’s cooperate web site.
As of the close of the NHL regular season, Easton posted a record 371 players in a Easton Composite stick! That amounts to nearly 52% of the world’s best players scoring game winning goals with world’s best composite stick. Think about that! That is more players choosing Easton than ALL other companies COMBINED! More than Bauer, More than Warrior, More than Rbk, More than EVERYBODY! Why would you step on the ice with anything else?
The “article” has a few more stats regarding the % goals scored with Easton hockey sticks.
You can find the original article here.
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Slapshot Fundamentals - Getting The Most From Your Hockey Stick
There is a REALLY nice post that I just came across at the site Video Analysis Of Sport. The article breaks down the fundamentals of a slapshot.
Slapshot Warrior Hockey
The article is a visual analysis of 2 different shooters and in does a bit of “compare and contrast” analysis of each of there shots. There are a couple of shot video and photos that were supplied by Warrior hockey.
Key points covered in the article include:
Head Position and Eye Direction
The “Anchor” (back leg)
The Follow Through
Check out the full article at slapshot video analysis.
Filed Under Hockey Stick Shooting
Can You Play With 2 Hockey Sticks?
You are certainly not supposed to, but Jacub Voracek did without a penalty being called.
The official NHL rules on playing with two hockey sticks…
A player who participates in the play, who checks or who intentionally prevents the movement of an opponent, or who intentionally plays the puck while carrying two sticks (including while carrying a replacement stick to his goalkeeper) shall incur a minor penalty.
Here is the first 2 hockey stick video..
Here is another camera angle on the double hockey stick play with some flabbergasted commentators 
Because it is against the rules, you just don’t see this very often
Filed Under Hockey Stick News, Hockey Stick Video