Ice hockey stick

Claim 1

A hockey stick comprising: an elongated linear handle having a lightweight wood body with opposite outside side surfaces, a glue block secured to the lower end of the body, sheet members secured to the opposite outside side surfaces of the body to reinforce the lightweight wood of the body, each sheet member having reinforcing fibers, all of said fibers being oriented along the longitudinal length of the sheet member, means securing the sheet members to said side surfaces of the wood body, said handle and glue block having a lower end with a longitudinal V groove, a blade having sides, an inner end, an outer end, and a convex curved lower edge extended from the inner end to the outer end thereof, said inner end having a generally V-shaped tongue located in said longitudinal V groove bonding means securing the tongue to the lower end of the handle and the glue block, a first reinforcing fabric located adjacent opposite sides of the blade, the glue block, the lower end of handle, and the sheet members on the lower end of the handle, a plastic resin covering the sides of the blade, the glue block, the lower end of handle, and the first fabric thereon, a second reinforcing fabric wound around a portion of the blade and embedded in said plastic resin, and a plastic wear strip embedded in the second fabric along a portion of the lower edge of the blade.