Ice Hockey Sticks

Hockey Sticks of the San Jose Sharks

I was watching a San Jose Sharks game this weekend and they had a short segment about the Sharks Ice Hockey Sticks with their assistant equipment manager Rick Bronwell.
The hockey stick numbers:

Zero wood hockey sticks
100% Composite sticks
2 players use two piece sticks (Joe Thornton and Patrick Marleau)
Everybody else uses 1 piece hockey sticks

The Sharks usually [...]

Most likely “World’s Oldest Hockey Stick”

There is a nice article from the Nanaimo Daily News on Mark Presley’s Hockey Stick. The experts seem to be lining up behind this stick as the most authentic (so far) hockey stick to claim the title of the oldest. The hunt for the hockey stick national treasure continues…

Here are some interesting snippets from the [...]

Hockey the Cause of Most Canadian Baseball Players Batting Left Handed?

Here is a fun story about the majority of Canadian Baseball player batting left handed due to playing hockey left handed as they grew up.
Why do so many Canadian baseball players bat left-handed? Jason Bay has a theory: When first handed a hockey stick, the typical Canadian kid grabs the end with his right hand. [...]

World’s Largest Hockey Stick and Puck In Need of Repair

The World’s Largest Hockey Stick and Puck (as recognized by the Guinness Book of World’s Records) are in dire need of repair.

Snippet from the article…
Built in 1985, the 205-foot hockey stick is built from Douglas fir beams reinforced with steel, and weighs in at a staggering 61,000 pounds (28,118 kgs).
The puck, well, it’s made out [...]

Fast Company Names NHL.Com As One Of Their Top 10 Most Innovative Sports Companies

NHL.com: The challenger brand of sports leagues is becoming quite the creative digital-media company. Free from other leagues’ restrictions on video, NHL.com shows exclusive off-the-ice footage as well as every goal scored.
The Top 10 In Sport Category page can be found here.

Green changes his mind and donates his lucky stick to NHL Hall of Fame

Mike Green has changed his mind. The Hockey Hall of Fame can have his record-breaking stick.
The Washington Capitals’ budding star said Wednesday he will donate to the Hall of Fame the stick that served him so well during his eight-game goal-scoring streak, the longest by a defenceman in NHL history. Green had been reluctant to [...]

Mike Green’s Record Setting Hockey Stick Is A Hot Commodity

The International Herald Tribune (the global edition ofthe New York Times) ran a nice story today on the Capital’s Mike Green and the Hockey Hall Of Fame seeking his record setting hockey stick. Mike Green recently set the all time record for the longest goal scoring streak by a defenseman at 8 games.
Quotes from the [...]

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