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∙ 2013-07-23 06:29:43Hockey sticks were originally made out of wood. But now a days Pro Hockey sticks are made of graphite woven from carbon. NHL players have their sticks custom made accoring to them and what makes them play better. Each player has a different way they like their sticks. The Sticks are made of graphite because they can easily bend when they're taking a shot on goal. Wood sticks can't bend.
Graphite sticks are much lighter and they can flex much more.
The vast majority of sticks are made with one (or a combination) of the following materials: wood, aluminum, fiberglass, graphite (carbon fiber), Kevlar and titanium.
The vast majority of sticks are made with one (or a combination) of the following materials: wood, aluminum, fiberglass, graphite (carbon fiber), Kevlar and titanium.
Composite materials used to make hockey sticks include fiberglass, Kevlar, and carbon fiber. Click on the 'Hockey Stick Materials' link on this page to read more about them. Most popular are graphite carbon fiber sticks
sticks will be stiffer
Reebok hockey sticks are made in China. As a result, there is 2.5% duty levied to Reebok hockey sticks when importing them into Canada.
Nowadays they are mostly graphite composites (like the newer golf shafts). Very flexible but when they break, look out. The wooden hockey sticks were mostly maple
Most field hockey sticks are made in Pakistan.
A newer hockey stick may weigh so less as 395 grams, but it varies through 300-500. The sticks made out of wood are often heavier than the one's made out of composite or graphite.
In hockey stick factories.
Most hockey sticks are made in Pakistan, while most Field hockey gear including Mazon and Gryphon are made in Engand/United Kingdom