Ice Hockey Sticks

Right handed vs Left Handed: How to hold a hockey stick

First of all, which sticks are right handed sticks vs. left handed sticks?

If you hold your hockey stick with your left hand on top of the stick and the right hand down the stick, then you are a right handed shooter.
If you use the hockey stick with your right hand on top and your left [...]

Hockey Stick Flex: Produce Better Shots With The Right Flex/Stiffness

Welcome to the Hockey Stick Flex Guide. This article should arm you with all of the information that you need to answer the common question of “what flex hockey stick should I use?”
Hockey Stick Flex is a measure of how flexible or how stiff a hockey stick is when a force is applied to it. [...]

Interesting Hockey Stick Patents

While doing a search for hockey stick info recently, I came across some links to sites that list US patents. I found some pretty interesting patents and thought I would share some of what I found.
There are multiple sites that have patent listing and the one I used was www.freepatentsonline.com. You can do a search [...]

Sports game turns Wii Remote into hockey stick

Canadian video game developer Big Blue Bubble has announced it is developing a Wii hockey game that will allow players to use the Wii Remote as a hockey stick.
The original article where I found this is located here… http://videogamemedia.com/articles/news/1268

Hockey Stick Blade

Here is the basic terminology about the hockey stick blade:
Heel
The heel of a hockey stick refers to the bottom of the stick at the back of the blade below where the blade and the shaft meet.
Toe
The toe of a hockey stick refers to the end of the blade away from the shaft. Toes generally come [...]

Hockey Stick Length

Length of Hockey Sticks:
Ice Hockey Sticks come in different sizes and configurations to match to every hockey player. Standard hockey stick configuration names and their range of lengths are:

Junior = 46-53 inches
Intermediate = around 54 inches
Senior = 56-63 inches

Extra long shafts are also available. For example, the Warrior Ak27 X-Long shaft comes 6 [...]

Hockey Stick Dictionary – first release

I have just posted the first version of the Hockey Stick Dictionary. There is tons more to add but it is a good enough start to get it published.
Initial dictionary terms include:

1 piece hockey stick
2 piece hockey stick
Butt end
End plugs
Flex
Grip vs Clear shaft
Kick point
Left hand vs right hand
Length of hockey sticks
Shaft
Stick wax
Tapered shafts

As always, if [...]

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