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 [...]

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 [...]

Hockey Pucks: How Its Made [video]

Here is a 5 minute video about how ice hockey pucks are made. Did you know… that the earliest ice hockey pucks were made of wood? that there are 11 different ingredients that go into making hockey pucks? It is amazing to see how much of the manufacturing process is still done by hand. Pretty [...]

Wood Hockey Sticks: How Its Made [video]

Here is a 5 and a half minute video on how modern wood ice hockey sticks are made. Ice Hockey Stick Shafts are made of poplar & birch wood with carbon reinforced fiberglass Especially cool is to see the 6,000 unique blade patterns from all the hockey greats. It looks like this was filmed in [...]

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