Hockey stick

An improved hockey stick comprising:

• a double-box beam shaft defining an elongated handle having a central strut wall forming contiguous box channels therein;
• a fabricated blade having a main blade-body portion and an angularly disposed integral neck portion;
• a pair of juxtaposed mainstays extending outwardly from said neck portion and formed as an integral part thereof, each of said mainstays being disposed and secured in said respective box channels of said shaft, whereby said shaft abuts against said neck portion;
• a pair of fiberglass rod members encapsulated within said neck portion of said blade and said respective mainstays, said rod members extending angularly upward from the lower contacting edge of said blade into said respective mainstays;
• wherein said fabricated blade further comprises:
• a core formed from a plastic resin;
• a webbed plastic cloth material embedded about the outer surface of said plastic resin core, defining a hard protective skin for said blade;
• a plurality of elongated layers of pulltruded unidirectional fiberglass strips laminated within said core and longitudinally disposed along said blade-body portion;
• and
• a plurality of resilient spacer members interposed between said strips to provide space between said strips, allowing said resin core to be received therein and thereby establishing a laminated blade body.