One morning during a pregame workout, Blackhawks defenseman Steve Smith skates over to the bench and calls for a saw. Then he proceeds to cut about 1/16th of an inch off the end of his stick, a silver ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Hockey dressing rooms are notorious for their smells. If you have a weak stomach, you do not want to get a whiff of an NHL player’s sweaty glove. Another ...

When a craftsman performs his skilled task, he uses tools that work well and do not break under pressure or at critical times. So why in the world do the elite snipers of the NHL choose to use the ...

On the Blackhawks bench, equipment manager Troy Parchman has the extra sticks lined up in a precise order. First are the centers sticks, then Parchman has the sticks lined up in numerical order going ...

What makes a top-end hockey stick cost $300? We asked Dave Sauvé of Valiquette Source for Sports for some pointers. • All modern sticks are a mix of carbon fibre and graphite, which is why they’re ...

I have a tradition (or something of that ilk) of buying my father a new hockey stick every Christmas. For the past two years, I have splurged on one-piece, composite sticks, each running me well over ...