Hockey Blade Right

I am looking to buy a new hockey blade but I have had the same curve for a while and i am wanting to try something new.

I have a Iginla curve right now.

I use Crosby and Hossa/Malkin. There really close. And also a Recchi. There all really closely related.

2009-04-06 15:12:51 by hockey_777

Tyson from Inline/Ice Warehouse shows you what to look for in selecting the right blade for your hockey stick.

Ok, i know a lot of people don't tape their stick for roller hockey because it'll come right off, but I've seen people tape it horizontally. Can anybody show me a video or explain how its done?

tape it like ice hockey sticks and double layer it.
and make sure you use a quality tape

2008-10-06 11:53:00 by kevin m

Price: $29.99 $25.00

Full wrap graphic treatment
53" Reinforces shaft
Crossover stick ideal for street/inline and Ice hockey

is the blade a bit smaller than senior or is it junior blade? and the shaft is junior shaft right? cause i'm stuck between senior and intermediate...... intermediate is too short, but i plan to add a piece of wood, but if the blade is smaller then... and senior sticks are a bit too long and hard for me to flex..

The blade is bigger than a junior and smaller than a senior and the shaft isn't a junior or a senior is its own thing and intermediate weather its 60, 67 or 75 flex the blade and shaft or the same one is just stiffer than the next.

2010-11-26 05:18:55 by Crazwildsin

Comes with 2 screws for secure fit
fits most wood hockey shafts
Mylec's patented Air Flo design

I broke my one95 one piece stick right at the tip of the blade and i was wondering if it would be best to cut the blade off and put a tappered blade in its place or flip it and go that way??

i've done it. it's not the same... the way that the original stick is made gives you a certain performance.
when you use a blade at the end you don't get that - it feels weird and the stick usually cracks;
but you might as well try it so you know how it is.
worst case scenario you can just use it for on the outdoor rink.

2010-01-31 18:10:05 by Alex

like when you buy the shaft seperatly you need the blade right? what else do you need? which end to you stick the blade in? how will it stick

thanks

p.s - i dont want a one-piece. i want a composite shaft, and a "road hockey tough blade"

Ok from the sounds of it, you've never done this before, so lets go with the basics.

For senior shafts, you will need a senior blade.
For junior shafts, you will need a junior blade.
For tapered shafts, you will need a tapered blade. (the opposite of 'tapered' is 'standard'. You probably have a standard one, the tapered ones are super expensive and useless for ball hockey.)

You will need:
- shaft
- blade
- glue
- heat source (stove, blowtorch, heat gun)
- clamp on a table (optional)

I recommend a heat gun - the oven is slow, the blowtorch actually damages the shaft slightly, so the heat gun is best.

The blade you buy will mostly likely already have solid glue on it - but often its not enough glue. So I'd buy some hockey glue, its cheap, and lasts a long time.

You'll heat up the glue, then apply a bunch to your blade hosel (hosel is the part with the glue already on it).

I also recommend heating up the glue, and smearing some into the inside of your shaft where the blade will go. It makes it easier if you just clamp down the shaft onto a table so you are holding less things in your hands.

Then, I'd heat up the end of the shaft with the glue.. then heat up the glue on the blade. When you start to see bubbles form, its enough heat.

Slowly slowly put the blade into the shaft, allowing the glue to semi-solidify. If you put it in too fast when the glue is too hot, a lot of the glue will just get scraped off.

Let it cool, in an upright position, and try not to play with it for about 12 hrs. If you use it too soon and the glue isn't solid yet, it messes it up and creates spaces and the blade will rattle.

The end you use is the end that is farthest away from the "87 flex' and "300g" and EASTON lables, for example. Just google pictures of other one pieces and you'll see what I mean.

Easton makes good road hockey blades - theres the ABS Plastic blades (lately they are grey coloured) or the fibreglass ones (beige coloured)... anything that says "Street Tough" on it will work for road hockey.

2009-04-22 21:18:25 by Jacob