Abstract: This specification discloses an improved ice hockey stick in which strips of reinforcing plastic material disposed in preferably embedded into the wide side surfaces of the handle of an ice hockey stick which otherwise is made of suitable hardwood.The construction is such that the completed hockey stick handle will be perceived by the hockey player as a conventional wooden hockey stick and not as a hockey stick whose handle is made of plastic or is covered with plastic material.An improved method for making handles for hockey sticks is disclosed wherein the reinforcing strips are applied to a large number of handle components which are pressed together in a suitable apparatus before installation of the blades to the lower extremity of the handle component.

Abstract: This specification discloses an improved ice hockey stick in which strips of reinforcing plastic material are disposed in, preferably embedded into the wide side surfaces of the handle of an ice hockey stick which otherwise is made of suitable hardwood.The construction is such that the completed hockey stick handle will be perceived by the hockey player as a conventional wooden hockey stick and not as a hockey stick whose handle is made of plastic or is covered with plastic material.An improved method for making handles for hockey sticks is disclosed wherein the reinforcing strips are applied to a large number of handles which are pressed together in a suitable apparatus before installation of the blades to the lower extremity of the handle component.