Ice fan wants stick shafts for rec room
Brian Fox of Woodstock is a longtime fan of favourite sport - hockey.
He is so dedicated to Canada's game he has decided to take on a rec room renovation project in his home which will involve used and recycled hockey stick shafts.
He's hoping his dream room will celebrate his love of the sport and everything which comes with it.
"This project originally started out from a picture of a staircase that I had seen on the Internet and (was) mentioned to my contractor, Rudy Habold," said Fox. "He suggested that, instead of the staircase, I should use the shafts in my own rec room around the bottom base of the room for wainscoting."
Fox's project has been more than two years in the collecting and planning stages.
"For the past two or three seasons I have been collecting every stick I could find from the local arenas and fellow teammates," he said. "I have collected sticks from the arenas in Woodstock, Hartland, Florenceville, Nackawic, Perth and Plaster Rock, along with the outdoor rink in Debec and with some help from the Woodstock Slammers. Two local goalies, Steven Bridgeo and Ben MacFarlane, have also been very helpful with goalie sticks. I plan on attaching the sticks to the bottom of the room all standing up and attached to some sort of track, so that I only have to attach them every so many feet as opposed to attaching each one to the wall that would leave holes in the gyprock."
Fox said he's working with different kinds of material for a specific reason.
"Wooden sticks are getting more extinct, but I could also use aluminum or fiberglass or even composite shafts if needed," he said. "I am also in need of goalie sticks, as I am using them for moldings around door cases, and maybe even as a chair rail or baseboard. The paddles would be the most important thing on a goalie stick."
Fox said he knows the project may take a lot of time, and donations, but he's up to the challenge.
"I do realize it will take a lot of hockey sticks," he said. "I have contacted the MJAHL, along with other leagues like the QMJHL, OHL, WHL and even companies like Easton and Sherwood, but so far no company or league has come forward with any sort of help. At times when I have asked parents if their kids have any sticks left over from their younger playing days, they respond by saying they had just thrown them out a few weeks earlier, so it gave me the idea that there still could be sticks laying around in other garages, sheds, basements not being used. I do not need any type of blades, it is just the shaft that is most important. After I collect enough sticks it will be just a matter of attaching them and picking out my type of flooring. I am currently looking for a flooring that resembles ice that was suggested to me by Dave Minard of Carleton Flooring. I know there are probably lots of people with a bunch (of sticks) in their garages that eventually might end up in the trash. If anyone would like to give them away they can call me at 328-3699."
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