Have of the time these guys cant even hit the net. When Bobby Orr shot the puck he knew where it was going. Please note, comments must be approved before they are published. New Youth Clearance. Hockey Sticks Senior Intermediate Junior. Goalie Sticks Goalie Equipment. Contact info hockeystickman. The Evolution of the Hockey Stick. I am trying to determine the approximate age of an ice hockey stick. I have one and the blade appears wrapped with fiberglass.
I have a stick that is rather unique. They in turn, used Starr Manufacturing as a distributor to go along with their famous skates. It is a one piece carved stick about 50 inches tall.
The handle is a little wider than most sticks, and has finger grooves down both sides of the shaft. But, the most intriguing part of this stick is the blade has about a one inch curve. The curve is very pronounced and not a function of the stick drying out over the year timeframe. Hey Scott, Thanks for commenting! Hit us up at ryan goingbardown. I have a one piece Salyerd hockey stick. It says red dot on the blade. It had H5 on the shaft near the blade. Thank you and I really enjoyed reading some of the post on here and thank you for the history lesson!!!
With smaller and smaller players entering the league, you should actually start seeing smaller sticks more often! Thanks for this great article. Do you know if any books on the history of hockey sticks. They may have what you are looking for! We have a Lovell one piece wooden stick made in Erie, PA. Do you know when these may have been manufactured. It is a right handed stick according to the stamp on the stick. Just about every picture you see from that era had a Northland stick in it held by all players.
Drop your email below in order to have us send you all the latest article updates and sales from the biggest stores and brands directly! Disclosure: Some of the links above are affiliate links, meaning, at no additional cost to you, we will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase. Chicago Blackhawks legend Stan Mikita is often credited with experimenting with a bend in his blade to get more lift and velocity on his shot.
The story is Mikita was taking shots after practice with another Hall of Fame teammate Bobby Hull when Mikita broke the blade on a stick, leaving it curved. He took a shot with the cracked stick and was intrigued by the results.
Mikita and Hull would continue to experiment curving their blades, referring to them as "banana blades. The late Mikita scored goals and is widely considered one of the best two-way offense-defense players of all time, plus among the game's truest gentlemen. Bathgate claimed he had been using curves since his youth and that he allowed Mikita to borrow a stick when the Blackhawks were in New York one night.
Whether it was Mikita or Bathgate, the game's best players were suddenly able to shoot harder and easily lift the puck, making life tough for goalies. Eventually, the NHL reigned in the curved madness a bit, by limiting how much curve a blade can have on it. Today's players all have some level of curve in their stick and couldn't imagine going back to the old, flat blade days.
For the last 30 years, players and stick manufacturers have moved from wood to aluminum to the composite sticks used today. As the stick evolved, so has the game. Aluminum shafts started making their way into the game. Those sticks were lighter, with more flex but still featured wood blades. Modern hockey sticks are as much science as art. In this article, we will discuss the types of hockey sticks, hockey stick components, NHL stick regulations, and how to choose your perfect stick.
Image via Flickr by Tom Purves. Over the years, hockey sticks have been made from many different materials. Here are the three main kinds of hockey sticks and how they are made. Over time, hornbeam trees became harder to find, and yellow birch became the wood of choice for sticks.
These one-piece hockey sticks were known as Mic-Mac sticks. Two-piece hockey sticks with a separate blade and shaft were introduced around this time. In the s, stick manufacturers started wrapping wooden sticks in woven fiberglass. Compared to other sticks, wooden hockey sticks are heavier, cheaper, and last longer. Wooden hockey sticks are great if you are battling over a puck, but their weight has resulted in them falling out of favor with most professional hockey players.
Hockey sticks with an aluminum shaft became popular in the s, thanks to an endorsement by Wayne Gretzky. Aluminum hockey sticks have an aluminum shaft and a wooden blade. Aluminum was favored because of its high durability and resistance to wear and warping. Aluminum sticks did not maintain their popularity after the introduction of composite hockey sticks in the early s.
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