Equipment write up on NHL.com

[promqueen 0]

NHL.com Equipment article

Some really intriquing topics. Most of us would say there's nothing new in the info of this article, bit it still makes a good little read. Really interesting how they talk about Warrior and their beginnings. They did leave out the bit about Inno but.

[Leinad 0]

Interesting Read!

[TBLfan 25]

well, warrior denies buying out Innovative.

[TheSnake22 0]

I'm sure NBH liked that... guess xxx-lites or one90's aren't that popular... and warrior... new company... it's like the pros don't even understand that they're using inno's when read you what slava kozlov says...

[NJ35 0]

he sounds so dumb saying, I used the yellow one last year and the blue one this year.

[JR Boucicaut 3810]

I love how they fixed the "fluttering effect."

Um, your sticks were the only ones that ever did it!

[Viking 1]

"A little like the old Mylec street hockey sticks..."

I can picture that being a heavily-used advertising slogan for the 9KO.

[Wolfpack_1986 154]

bwhahah yeah i saw that bit. gonna have to harass evan about the mylec line :-p

[shooter 0]

No quotes from RBK? Not so good with the picture of their stick on top. I guess they don't have very good marketing or PR people.

[TBLfan 25]

No quotes from RBK? Not so good with the picture of their stick on top. I guess they don't have very good marketing or PR people.

They have very good marketing people. They aren't saying a word, they're letting people talk about it and build hype... and it's working.

[JR Boucicaut 3810]

http://en.rbkhockey.com/ostick/specs.php

[KingPest19 0]

I thought Christian had the first aluminum shafts and Busch had the first composite sticks?

[Chadd 916]

I thought Christian had the first aluminum shafts and Busch had the first composite sticks?

People like to ignore Busch sticks for some reason.

[KingPest19 0]

I thought Christian had the first aluminum shafts and Busch had the first composite sticks?

People like to ignore Busch sticks for some reason.

Maybe the Easton gospel of having to be first? Also wasnt Fontaine the first to have the graphite shafts?

[Go Pio's 0]

Easton was the first manufacturer through a partnership with Christian. Easton and Christian got together back in the mid 80's to produce the first aluminum hockey shaft. Christian engineered the first replacement blade as a result of that partnership.

[the_game 452]

Actually the first composite stick was used way back in 1980. I think it was Mike Ramsey who tried the stick out after the olympics when he was with the Buffalo sabres. It was made by a Chinese manufacturer but there with issues with stick that they could not correct and Ramsey ended up ditching it. Check out the Bufflo Sabres Morning Skate podcast on iTunes(its free), they have an interview with their equipment guy Rip Simonick who tells the whole story.

[Jonesie98 0]

I can't remember for sure,But wasn't it called the Chaygo ???? I'll have to look,I might have mine still downstairs,Along with the Koho one peice from back in the 80's.....

Something else you guys might like too.Like I said a while back in October when I first had the 9K in my hands,Concordia University is RBK's test team and gets all the goody's.. Check out there pics, # 5 ....Stingerspage

[D3nZ 0]

I have a very old Canadien Alluminum shaft at home, it dates back to the early 80's cause it used to be my uncles when he played hockey and he died in 1984.

[James 0]

I can't remember for sure,But wasn't it called the Chaygo ???? I'll have to look,I might have mine still downstairs,Along with the Koho one peice from back in the 80's.....

Something else you guys might like too.Like I said a while back in October when I first had the 9K in my hands,Concordia University is RBK's test team and gets all the goody's.. Check out there pics, # 5 ....Stingerspage

Where is Concordia?

[Jonesie98 0]

It's in Montreal,Right in CCM/RBK's backyard.....

[O-zone 0]

Interesting side note...

The Canadian University playoffs start tomorrow night and one series will see the 2 Montreal-based university teams, Concordia and McGill, facing off against each other in a best-of-3.

Per above, Concordia is a test team for CCM/RBK, while McGill does a lot of testing for Nike Bauer...

Should be a good one, stay tuned.

KC

[JR Boucicaut 3810]

You're alive.

[JBP 18]

http://en.rbkhockey.com/ostick/specs.php

Interesting tech facts from RBK, but,they would still have to have a reliable and strong blade as well I would think.

[JR Boucicaut 3810]

I just can't comment until I try it. Like I said, mine's showing up in April, but it just may end up on here if it's not a P34 - I don't get to pick a pattern.

[James 0]

I just can't comment until I try it. Like I said, mine's showing up in April, but it just may end up on here if it's not a P34 - I don't get to pick a pattern.

If its not a P34, let me know, i may be interested.

Also, what is this sticks retail price?