Top prospects Tyler Seguin and Taylor Hall make their first visit to the Philadelphia Flyers locker room and talk sticks with forward Danny Briere.
Highlights Include:
Briere prefers a whippier, more flexible stick shaft (77 flex) and a softer stick blade
Briere compares his stick to that of teammate Simon Gagne, who prefers a stiffer stick shaft (102 [...]
REPLAY the Series, Fueled by Gatorade, re-stages classic games between some of the nation’s biggest high school sports rivalries.
The Gatorade REPLAY II broadcast premiere will air nationally Sunday, June 20, on Fox Sports Network. This season’s REPLAY featured a Classic rematch between the 1999 teams of two Detroit area hockey powerhouses, the Trenton Trojans and [...]
Watch amateur footage of Jeremy Roenick as an 18-year old, starring at Thayer Academy in Marshfield, Massachusetts, during a “Hockey Night In Boston” (HNIB) feature segment on the best pro prospects from the New England area in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft.
Video courtesy of personal, archived VHS footage via the former WSBK-TV38 Boston.
The following article is courtesy of Keith Barnes of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review via Trib Total Media, Inc. and pittsburghlive.com.
NHL PLAYERS PICKY ABOUT THEIR EQUIPMENT
By Keith Barnes, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, December 16, 2007
(Former) Penguins forward Petr Sykora may have the most recognizable and unique stick in the NHL.
It has a royal blue shaft, and instead of a rounded end to [...]
The following article is courtesy of the Vancouver Province via CanWest MediaWorks Publications Inc. and CANADA.com.
THE LONG AND THE SHORT OF IT
How long should your kids’ hockey sticks be? You may as well ask how long their hair should be.
Vancouver Province, December 30, 2007
How long should your kids’ hockey sticks be? You may as [...]
The Smarthockey Training Ball is recognized as the #1 off-ice training ball in the world and can be found in the locker rooms of NHL and leading college hockey teams.
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Bill Lindsay takes you behind the scenes to learn why and how certain Florida Panthers players choose their sticks and what the varying curves do for them.
Highlights Include:
Players send a mold or copy of their respective blade pattern to the manufacturer of their choice to produce a custom stick
Defensemen typically prefer stiffer sticks for improved [...]
From a January 2009 “NHL Live” interview with hosts Don LaGreca and Jim Dowd, actor D.B. Sweeney offered his 7-point plan to improve today’s NHL.
Listen directly below for the full audio of their conversation.
Audio courtesy of the NHL Network and NHL Live
D.B.’s 7-point plan, in no particular order, is as follows:
During the shootout, participating players [...]
Black Tape or White Tape?!
PhoenixCoyotes.com and Coyotes TV looked into the thought process as to why some players use white tape and some use black tape on the blade of their stick.
How do YOU tape your sticks?! Let us know in the Comments!
As an aside, this video was published only a little over one year [...]
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If you’re still undecided, provided below are raw, unbiased GREEN BISCUIT-user testimonials, courtesy of ModSquadHockey, “the Consumer Reports of the hockey equipment industry”.
“The Green Biscuit off ice puck was mentioned in the Hockey Show thread so I ordered a couple. They came yesterday [...]
