How Hockey Works

by Tim Falconer

Mask Mastery
Perfecting the form took cagey thinking.

The Puck Starts Here
Recipe in rubber: How discs get done like dinner.

Tricky Sticky
Space-age materials add flex to the mix.

Best Boot Forward
The not-so-simple science of making a skate really do what it's told.

A New Lease on Legs
Meet Sonya. She reinvents pro skating styles.

Anatomy of a Slapshot
A freeze-frame study of the power and precision of hockey's split-second play.

Women's Hockey: Speed, Smarts and Skills
Brains beat brawn in a fleet-footed game that bans the bodycheck.

Published in Equinox Magazine: January/February, 1994.




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