Hockey stick (disambiguation)
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A hockey stick is:
- a stick used to propel the ball or puck in hockey. In particular:
- Field hockey stick, used to propel the ball in field hockey
- Ice hockey stick, used to propel the puck in ice hockey
- something shaped like an ice hockey stick
- Saab hockey stick, styling cue on Saab cars
- Hockey stick controversy about the "hockey stick" graph which shows a sharp recent rise in global temperature
- a Hockey Stick diagram is a diagram that shows the payoff of a call option or a put option with respect to the price of the underlying asset.
- a hockey stick procedure turn is the standard way to reverse direction during an instrument landing in aviation.
- Other uses:
- the name of a step in Cha-cha-cha.
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