Ice Hockey Sticks

1924 Olympic Hockey Stick Of the Toronto Granites

A classic collectible ice hockey stick is starting to surface, one that any collector would be proud to have in their collection. The stick is a team autographed wood hockey stick from the 1924 Olympic Gold medal winning team of the Toronto Granites.
It looks like its current owner, Jeanne Dodwell, might be putting it up [...]

Bobby Rouillard’s “World’s Oldest Hockey Stick”

Update February 20th, 2009: Bobby Rouillard’s Hockey Stick received no bids on eBay for the 10 day auction. He is not surprised and not disappointed. He also said that he was contacted by 2 organizations that are interested in the stick but they didn’t want to go through eBay.
Update February 9th, 2009: Bobby Rouillard’s Hockey [...]

Composite versus Wooden Hockey Sticks – Boston Globe

Here are some excerpts from a nice hockey stick article in the Boston Globe today…
In the last 10 years, one-piece composite sticks have replaced wooden sticks, as well as two-piece, shaft-blade combinations, at virtually every level of hockey. Composite sticks are made with substances such as nanotubes, Kevlar, and graphite. Their construction enables players to [...]

World’s Oldest Hockey Sticks

How old are the world’s oldest hockey sticks? A recent article in The Nova Scotian has an interesting write up on a few of the world’s oldest hockey sticks. The oldest sticks are thought to have been made in the mid-1800s. The main story outlines the details of a specific stick that collector Mark Presley [...]

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 the Sherwood plant. [...]