The flex of a hockey stick is very important, because it is a measure of how stiff the shaft of a stick is. The shaft is the straight part of the stick that stretches all the way down to the blade.

Which ice hockey sticks are best? Lace up the skates and drop the puck. Ice hockey is a popular sport in North America. Having the right hockey stick can make a big difference in controlling the puck ...

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As the Vancouver market’s proud Elias Pettersson stick flex beat reporter, I caught up with the Canucks forward for our bimonthly conversation about the flex on his stick ahead of Monday’s game ...

Hockey sticks used to come one size fits all. If players wanted a better fit, it required lots of do it yourself, cutting, sanding, heating and bending the stick into a shape and size that fit them.

Time to witness chaos on the rink — with youth hockey sticks! In this BarDown exclusive, the squad takes on a full game using kids’ sticks to see how adaptability (and patience) plays out on the ice.

For Stan Wilson, it's a big numbers game for his Coyotes, who use thousands of rolls of tape and sticks per season, not to mention players using up to three sets of gloves a period and even a few ...

It was November 25th, 1989, six months after my Dad had retired from the Los Angeles Kings and moved the family to Kelowna, BC. He decided to make the drive to Vancouver with my brother and I to see a ...

While there is little agreement of hockey’s moment and location of origin, there is little dispute that some of the first commercial hockey sticks are honed by Mi’kmaq carvers in Nova Scotia. Using ...