Hockey-stick blade with tailored performance regions

A hockey-stick blade including a front face, and a rear face spaced from the front face in a lateral direction, comprising:

• a heel region;
• a toe region spaced from the heel region in a longitudinal direction;
• a mid-region located between the heel region and the toe region;
• a plurality of core elements including at least an upper core element and a lower core element and wherein a first reinforcing element is positioned on a lower surface of the upper core element, wherein a second reinforcing element is positioned on an upper surface of the lower core element;
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• means for selectively stiffening the toe region such that the toe region is longitudinally stiffened to a greater extent than the mid-region and the heel region.