You can still buy a Sherwood 5030 PMP in stores today but the Jofa's and Titan's of my boyhood days are long gone. Where do old, unbroken hockey sticks go?
Category: sticks
The New Stick…
...didn't work. In fact, I hate it. The curve is unwieldy and I over-taped the grip slightly. I fought the puck all night and generally felt like the stick was working against me. After the game I offered it for sale for $20 to the highest bidder (which makes its cost per game to me …
New Stick, Old Stick
I finally got my new stick ready this weekend but I'm worried. I had to borrow a neighbour's hacksaw to cut it down a few inches but when I compared it to my old wand, the curve on the new one just doesn't seem quite right, the way it did in the store. The toe …
The Last Goal
I've written a couple of posts over the past few weeks about a new stick I bought that I haven't had time to cut off and get game-ready. It's not that takes a bunch of time but my hacksaw is elsewhere and I simply haven't had time to run to a neighbour's and borrow …
Two Weeks and Counting and New Stick Still Not Game Worthy
Crazy busy at work and my new stick still sits in the front hall awaiting the TLC required to make it game-worthy. It needs to be cut off a bit and taped up but time has been at a premium and I need a nap first. Perhaps tomorrow.
An Unused New Stick…
...is a sign of a too-busy life. I bought a new bauer two weeks ago today and it's not only unused so far, it's still sitting inside the front door at home, a rather rare place for my better half to allow me to leave any piece of hockey equipment, smell or no smell. One …
The Lie Of Your Stick
Do they even publish this anymore? When I was a kid, the lie used to be written on the shaft of the stick. It was just one more cool measure to try and personalize to your style. "I just cannot get used to a 5 lie. I keep losing it out the heel." I'm sure …
Alternate Uses For A Hockey Stick
This could be a long post but I'll keep it short. As I cruised through the garage the other day to grab some wood for the fire we were having, I chuckled when I saw that several years ago I had stacked the wood at the end of the garage using an old beater of …
Choosing Teams Using The-Pile-Of-Sticks Method
I wonder if baseball players in sandlot games have ever made up teams by throwing their gloves in a big pile and then randomly separated them into two piles? Football? Hmmm...wouldn't work there given the lack of a common piece of equipment (assuming helmets aren't regularly worn for pickup games). Hoops? Nope, not there either. …
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Was That A New Stick?
Several years ago, around the time when composite sticks were starting to replace wooden sticks for the recreational player, one of the guys I played with in the local Hi Tech league bought one of these. In the dressing room before the game, I believe he mentioned to a few people he had bought one. …
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