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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.

World's Largest Hockeys Stick

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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 of plywood and tar.

Now, nearly 25 years after The Stick was first commissioned by the Government of Canada as part of the Expo ’86 World’s Fair Exposition in Vancouver, the huge hockey homage is showing its age.

The full story can be found here.

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