Ice Hockey Sticks

The Glorious 1 Piece Composite Hockey Stick

TSN writer Wayne Karl wrote a GREAT article about the state of the composite hockey stick in the NHL today and where it has come from over the last 10 years. It is not often that you get a top professional writing and entire article about ice hockey sticks so I hope you enjoy it [...]

Sidney Crosby Testing New Hockey Stick

The Penguin’s Sidney Crosby is trying out a new composite stick. He has been using a two piece hockey stick with a wood blade. The new hockey stick that he is trying out is a one piece composite hockey stick. The article states that wooden hockey stick shafts and blades are very rare in the [...]

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 [...]

New hockey stick test machine could help reduce breakage

Excerpts form the original article…
A revolutionary new ice hockey stick test machine looks primed and ready to shoot down its competition.
It just needs to be built.
Unsatisfied with the current principal method used to test stick durability, University of Waterloo engineering prof John McPhee set out to design a new system.

and ..

McPhee believes the answer will [...]

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. [...]

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.

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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