Roughly 3 in 10 NHL Defensemen are right-handed shots, but given that half the available jobs are on the right side of the ice, lots of players are being asked to play on the opposite side from where they learned the game.This is no small matter.Some old hands, like Anaheim’s Scott Niedermayer and Philadelphia’s Chris…

Roughly 3 in 10 NHL Defensemen are right-handed shots, but given that half the available jobs are on the right side of the ice, lots of players are being asked to play on the opposite side from where they learned the game.This is no small matter.Some old hands, like Anaheim’s Scott Niedermayer and Philadelphia’s Chris…

The New York Times recently contacted stick manufacturers and found that, according to sales figures, that discrepancy between the two nations was consistent.We Canadians like to shoot from the left with about 60 per cent of the sticks sold in this country curved that way, according to numbers provided by Easton. In the U.S., about…

The New York Times recently contacted stick manufacturers and found that, according to sales figures, that discrepancy between the two nations was consistent.We Canadians like to shoot from the left with about 60 per cent of the sticks sold in this country curved that way, according to numbers provided by Easton. In the U.S., about…

The New York Times recently contacted stick manufacturers and found that, according to sales figures, that discrepancy between the two nations was consistent.We Canadians like to shoot from the left with about 60 per cent of the sticks sold in this country curved that way, according to numbers provided by Easton. In the U.S., about…

A curved piece of wood controversially billed as “the world’s oldest hockey stick” — and reputedly appraised at $4-million — is to be auctioned in Vancouver next month during the Winter Olympics.The object known as the “Rutherford Stick” has been displayed at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto and was offered at auction two…

A curved piece of wood controversially billed as “the world’s oldest hockey stick” — and reputedly appraised at $4-million — is to be auctioned in Vancouver next month during the Winter Olympics.The object known as the “Rutherford Stick” has been displayed at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto and was offered at auction two…

A curved piece of wood controversially billed as “the world’s oldest hockey stick” — and reputedly appraised at $4-million — is to be auctioned in Vancouver next month during the Winter Olympics.The object known as the “Rutherford Stick” has been displayed at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto and was offered at auction two…