Ice Hockey Sticks

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

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