Patent ID: 7862456

Claim:
A hockey stick comprising: (a) a composite hockey stick shaft that extends from a terminal top end to a terminal lower end, said hockey stick shaft includes an inner composite construct, an outer composite construct, an elastomer layer disposed between the inner composite construct and the outer composite construct, each of said inner and outer composite constructs comprising one or more plies of substantially parallel fibers disposed in a hardened resin matrix; and (b) a cure molded composite blade extending from a tip region to a heel region comprising a multi-component core construct including one or more elastomer core components completely encased within one or more plies of fibers disposed in a hardened resin matrix and one or more non-elastomer core components encased within one or ore more plies of fibers disposed within a hardened resin matrix, wherein said shaft is cure molded to said blade within an open-ended slot disposed at the heel of the blade.