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[edit] World's Largest Hockey Stick

I believe this was surpassed by a larger hockey stick in Minnesota more than a decade ago. Can anyone verify? 38.112.113.242 20:45, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

The Duncan stick is larger but the Minnesota stick is all one piece. The Duncan stick is composed of smaller parts (all joined together). --129.97.84.62 20:07, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] World's Largest Hockey Stick

World's Largest Hockey Stick

In Evelith, Minnesota they had the following built in 1995: Stick length: 107 feet Stick weight: 7,000lbs Made of: White and yellow aspen

Puck diameter: 5 feet Puck weight: 700lbs

However, at the Cowichan Community Centre, in Duncan, British Columbia they already had this (built in 1985):-

Stick length: 205 feet Stick weight: 61,000lbs Made of: Douglas fir beams reinforced with steel

This one was originally commissioned by the Government of Canada as part of Expo '86 in Vancouver. It was then donated to British Columbia who held a Canada wide competition for it's final destination.

A few facts on this stick:-

The "world's largest hockey stick and puck" is 40 times lifesize. The shaft and blade are made with steel reinforced Douglas Fir glulam beams 0.9144m X 1.2192m (3 foot by 4 foot) in section and 62.48m (205 foot) long. It weighs 28,118kg (61,000 pounds) and was built in Penticton, BC and trucked to Vancouver in two pieces and spliced together on the ground, then lifted into position on August 21, 1985. Lowered and transported to Vancouver Island by barge and three flat bed trucks exactly two years later ... August 21, 1987. Dedicated at it's current site on May 21, 1988, two years to the day after Expo '86 opened.