Patent ID: 8251844

Claim:
An angled hockey stick for use by the goalkeeper in playing hockey on a playing surface, the stick being comprised of; a shaft having a bottom edge and a top edge; a paddle having a first end and a second end and a top edge and a bottom edge; the dimension of the shaft from its bottom edge to its top edge being substantially less than the dimension of the paddle from its bottom edge to its top edge with the shaft having an angled portion joined to the first end of the paddle to form a grip portion; the bottom edge of the shaft and the bottom edge of the paddle being in substantially the same plane; and a blade combined with the paddle at the second end and angled upwardly from the paddle; the grip portion of the shaft being substantially straight along the angled portion and extending from the bottom edge of the shaft to be joined to the first end of the paddle with the top edge of the shaft substantially aligned with the top edge of the paddle so as to form an enlarged space beneath the grip portion of the shaft and therefore provide an adequate space for the goalkeeper's hand to grip the shaft at the correct angle of the goalkeeper's arm while allowing the bottom edges of the paddle and shaft to lay on the playing surface with no gap between the bottom edges of the paddle and shaft when the goalkeeper is in a defensive stance.