Ryan O’Reilly has had the conversation a number of times. Family members will often call or text to tell the veteran NHL ...

All hockey sticks are the same for left-handed and right-handed players. Hockey is played generally with two hands on the stick, so left and right handed players play the same. Sometimes people play ...

An American flag, left, and a Soviet hockey team banner frame ... Soviet forward Vladimir Petrov is trapped by U.S. player William Baker’s hockey stick, which is threaded between the shoe ...

Hockey stick blades come in a variety of curves, but during the Olympic Games, players are required to use blades with less severe curves than what is allowed in the NHL. A legal blade in the NHL can ...

To play hockey, you need to be able to control, pass, push, stop and shoot the ball with your hockey stick. The curved head of a hockey stick has a flat side and a rounded side.