The universe has a funny way of conspiring to let you know when you’re wrong, and quite frankly, I should have seen this one coming.



It started with a text: “Where is the player’s dominant hand on a stick?” Without hesitation, I responded, “on the bottom … the hand on the shaft.”



Fast forward a few weeks. As media gathered before a Blue Jackets practice, we got to looking at a player’s stick and discussing how it’s held. I again offered what I thought to be the answer.



It wasn’t until a couple of days later, while chatting with a former All-American, that I teased her about being a lefty and she said, “Well, I’m right-handed! Your dominant hand goes on top of the stick.”



Oh.



My paradigm of how I thought one was to hold a stick started to crumble.



So the next day, after a quick review of the Jackets’ stick rack, I set out to find the...