help with identifying curve of hockey stick?

Question

i;ve got a stick that twists alittle and is i think moderately curved. i;m told that it helps lift the puck up.

can someone explain to me what lie, heel , cruve type, curve depth mean . and if you could tell me which of these rbk curves best suits mine. i;m looking to buy a new stick but i;m new to the sport.

Modano,Datsyuk,Amonte, Prolonger

thank you

face angle also please, and anything else i may have missed out

Answer 1

lie is the angle between the shaft and blade. a lie 5 might be 105 degrees and the more obtuse lie 6, say, 110 degrees (be sure to get a lie 6). there are a few curve types; toe curve, mid curve, heel curve. depth of the curve is the amount of the actual bend. don't get anything too extreme. i'd say a mid flex shaft with a low to moderate mid blade curve (the modano or forsberg blades). you don't need the fancy composite stick either. i played the first 25 years of my hockey career with a good old wood stick and they'll serve you just fine. good luck and keep your stick on the ice.

Answer 2

For someone who is new to the sport you are getting awefully technical about the kind of stick you want. Yes there are different curves for different players but that is only because of what the player feels comfortable with. Give any one of the players you mentioned an everday ordinary stick off the shelf and they would still be the awesome players they are. Of course stick flex would factor into it because the pro's are very strong and if the shaft flex is not right the stick would probably break while taking a slapshot. Another point here is like me wanting to go out and get the same clubs Tiger Woods uses and expect to play like him. It is not going to happen. I have been playing hockey for about 20 years now and I can still go into a store and come out with a stick in less than 5 minutes. Just find one that is comfortable to you. An exact replica of Mike Modano's stick is not going to put you at the next level of play.

Answer 3

The other guys gave you great answers, but maybe I can add a bit.

The lie needs to be such that your blade rests parallel to the ice as much as it can. So your height, the lie, if you cut the stick down, etc. all factor in. If your blade (because of the lie) angles up or down too much, the puck will fly through your blade when you're trying to receive passes, or intercept the puck when it's zooming by.

For rookie skaters like you and me, wicked curves are inadvisable. While they're useful for fancy stickhandling and advanced technique, all they do for someone like us is make our passing and shooting unreliable.

If the trajectory of your puck depends on the angle of your blade when you send it, a dramatic change in angle on your blade means you'll have to send the puck (shot or pass) from *exactly the same place on your blade every time.* Or you can't predict where your shots or passes will go.

Neither of us is that good. Buy a nice, serviceable, unfancy, inexpensive stick. I use a Sherwood 5030 Feather-Lite with a Spezza curve. They cost about $30, and do me just great.