Ice Hockey Sticks

Hockey Stick Selection With Coach Tom Martin [video]

Here is a good beginner’s guide on proper hockey stick selection with coach Tom Martin from Sportskool.
The 3 minute video covers:

The right hockey stick length is about chin height when standing in skates
The right stick lie is one that keeps the blade flat on the ice
How to tape the handle of a hockey stick with [...]

Easton Hockey: History and Overview

Easton Hockey is one of the preeminent brands in the world of hockey equipment. They have been innovators in multiple areas of sports and they continue to advance the state of technology in hockey equipment. Here is a collection of some of the more interesting parts of their Hockey history, primarily written by Easton through [...]

Hockey Gloves: How Its Made [video]

Hockey gloves are made up of about 30 different parts.
The covering material is called the outer shell. It can be made of genuine leather or synthetic leather. There is even a new synthetic material that is called “carbon” that is tear proof even when slashed by sharp skate blades.
High density foam is very hard and [...]

Hockey Stick Lie – Get Your Angles Right For Better Puck Control

Hockey Stick Lie describes the angle of the blade in reference to the shaft.

A lie value of 5 corresponds to a 135° angle, and each additional increase lie value corresponds to a 2° smaller angle. Typical lie values range from 4 to 7 with most stock sticks near 5.5.
The Hockey Stick Lie Chart

Lie value
Angle between [...]

Hockey Stick Length vs. Flex: How Cutting Your Stick Affects its Flex

Cutting your stick length a significant amount will increase its flex. Use the following Hockey Stick Length vs. Flex Chart to help determine how much your flex will change when cutting your stick.

Cutting the stick down

Base Flex
in length changes the flex:

2″
4″
6″

Youth
42
49 Flex
57 Flex
67 Flex

Junior
52
60 Flex
68 Flex
77 Flex

INT
67
74 Flex
80 Flex
87 Flex

Senior
77
84 Flex
92 Flex
100 Flex

Senior
87
96 Flex
105 Flex
112 [...]

Bobby Hull Jr’s “A Shooters Checklist For Ice & Roller Hockey”

Bobby Hull Jr updated his blog with a post titled A Shooter’s Checklist for Ice & Roller Hockey. It is a nice article that lays out the key points to be a good shooter and goal scorer.
He covers the proper:

Grip
Puck position in relation to the body
Puck position in relation to the stick
[...]

Hockey Rinks: How Its Made [video]

Anybody for some delicious layer cake?
Each layer is about 2 mm (.08 inches) think and freezes in seconds after application. It takes about 8 minutes to apply one layer across the entire rink.
The Hockey Rink Recipe:

2 layers of ice
3 layers of white paint (special paint that is non-toxic, biodegradable and formulated to stick to ice)
Now [...]

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