Hockey stick

A method of forming a blade for a hockey stick comprising;

• integrally forming a blade member from composite material having discontinuous fibers within thermosetting resin to have a blade periphery surrounding a central blade region, the central blade region having a plurality of openings arranged in a pattern to form a series of elongate criss crossing ribs that extend between and connect different sides of the blade periphery to each other;
• forming the blade periphery in which the fibers are in a generally jumbled orientation;
• and
• orienting the fibers in the central blade region within the ribs in a manner wherein each rib contains a plurality of fibers that substantially extend in said each rib's elongate direction.

A method of forming a blade for a hockey stick comprising;

• integrally forming a blade member from composite material having discontinuous carbon fibers within thermosetting resin to have a blade periphery surrounding a central blade region, the central blade region having a plurality of openings arranged in a diagonal pattern relative to the blade member to form a series of elongate criss crossing diagonal ribs that extend between and connect different sides of the blade periphery to each other;
• forming the blade periphery in which the fibers are in a generally jumbled orientation;
• and
• orienting the fibers in the central blade region within the ribs in a manner wherein each rib contains a plurality of fibers that substantially extend in said each rib's elongate direction.

A method of forming a hockey stick comprising;

• integrally forming a blade member of a blade from composite material having discontinuous fibers within thermosetting resin to have a blade periphery surrounding a central blade region, the central blade region having a plurality of openings arranged in a pattern to form a series of elongate criss crossing ribs that extend between and connect different sides of the blade periphery to each other;
• forming the blade periphery in which the fibers are in a generally jumbled orientation;
• orienting the fibers in the central blade region within the ribs in a manner wherein each rib contains a plurality of fibers that substantially extend in said each rib's elongate direction;
• and
• connecting a shaft to the blade.