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Abstract

A composite hockey stick and related method of manufacture is provided. The hockey stick includes a blade joined with a tapered and elongated hosel that is further joined with an elongated handle or shaft. The method includes providing a cured blade, bladder-molding the elongated hosel while partially seated within the cured blade, and bladder-molding the shaft while partially seated within the cured hosel. The hosel can be tapered to have a toe-to-heel width that decreases and a side-to-side width increases as the hosel extends upwardly from the blade. The hosel can extend greater than the length of the blade to emphasize the gradual transition from the blade cross-section to the shaft cross-section. The resulting hockey stick can improve energy transfer during play while also providing a streamlined appearance and an improved resistance to breaking.

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