Ice Hockey Sticks

Jason Spezza Gives Up Sherwood Wood Hockey Sticks for RBK

Jason Spezza, of the Ottawa Senators, was one of the last NHL players to use a wood hockey stick. Spezza is now using a custom designed stick from Reebok.
From the Canwest News Service comes an article titled Reebok family opens its arms to Spezza. Key quotes from this article:
Why Jason and why now?
It started this [...]

Bauer Hockey goes on a growth spurt and acquires Mission-ITECH Hockey

Bauer Hockey bought Mission-ITECH at the end of September, just 6 months after the Nike, Inc. sale of Bauer closed in April. The enthusiasm of the new Bauer Hockey is exciting to see.
It seems like the end of the “Nike” name on the Nike Bauer brand is nearing the end of its days. It was [...]

USA Hockey Magazine’s Latest Ice Hockey Sticks

USA Hockey Magazine’s November 2008 issue contained a simple run down of the latest and greatest Ice Hockey Sticks. Here is an abbreviated version of their list of the Ice Hockey Sticks with links to the manufacturer’s web sites.

Warrior Dolomite Spyne
warriorhockey.com

Farrel Signature Series
farrellsports.com

Easton Stealth S17
eastonhockey.com

Mission Fuel Ti Pro
missionhockey.com

Torspo Surge 321
torspo.com

CCM U+
ccmsports.com

Nike Bauer Vapor XXXX
nikebauer.com

Brooklynite Almighty
brooklynitehockey.com

RBK [...]

Flarrow Hockey Back As DHM Sports

The Standard Freeholder newspaper from Ontario, CA just published an article on Flarrow Hockey, a long time Canadian hockey stick manufacturer returning to business as DHM Sports. Here is a link to the original article: Flarrow Back In Business
Here are a couple of the more interesting items from the article…
What Flaro’s doing is this: [...]

Inside Scoop: Hockey Sticks of the UND Sioux

This is a really interesting article written about the UND Sioux college hockey team and their Ice Hockey Sticks. Here is a link to the original article from the Grand Forks Herald Stick shtick: Breaking new ground by Brad Elliott Schlossman.

The article is worth a full read on its own but here are some [...]

Ice Hockey Shafts

Overview of Ice Hockey Shafts:
Ice Hockey Sticks come in 1 piece and 2 piece configurations. The two piece hockey stick configuration means that the hockey stick blade and the hockey stick shaft come as separate components. Aftermarket hockey shafts are not made out of wood so you will only find composite ice hockey shafts. Shafts [...]