Patent ID: 7326136

Claim:
A hockey stick blade, comprising: a) a shaft connecting portion; b) a heel portion; c) a puck contacting portion consisting of i) a partly filled core formed of light weight material defining longitudinal spaced apart sections defining longitudinal cavities therebetween; ii) a jacket formed of a number of braid fiber sleeves, fibers of said jacket having a predetermined directional orientation, said jacket being first pulled over said core sections and said longitudinal cavities to form a jacketed assembly, said jacketed assembly being then tensioned by applying a mold to said jacketed assembly, said tensioned jacketed assembly completely wrapping said spaced apart core sections; iii) a polymeric material encapsulating said tensioned jacketed assembly to form a molded blade part having opposite side faces, including a side face with a discontinuous surface; and iv) a cover plate of composite polymeric material secured to said side face with a discontinuous surface of said molded blade; said jacket providing a continuity of fibers on a full perimeter of the blade while encapsulating the spaced apart core sections, and forming said side face opposite said side face with a discontinuous surface.