1.   And he confuses goalies by dragging the puck with his stick blade before pulling the trigger.

2.   Despite the increase in fighting, there is fear among some in Canada that fighting will go the way of the helmetless head and the straight stick blade.

3.   Hull bent his stick blade to the point where it was referred to as a banana blade.

4.   Often that is not enough, though, because stick blades can get between the face and the shield.

5.   Primeau fell when the stick blade of Flyers defenseman Paul Coffey became caught in his skate blade.

6.   The stick blade cuts both ways when salaries begin to go through the roof, as they have in the NHL.

7.   Then he scooped it up with his stick blade, broke in on Hextall and put a backhander past him after making a left-to-right fake.