Dating from around the time of his joining the New York Rangers, Wayne Gretzky game used this Easton aluminum stick. This is actually a Gretzky model, two-piece design with wood blade. It has the original tape on the blade end and original black gripper on the butt end and shows some use. It should be noted that aluminum shafts enjoyed a brief but intense period of popularity among NHL players, who largely shifted to graphite and other composites due to several advantages. Though his career was winding down, The Great One still produced on Broadway, recording 92 points in 1996-97, the first of his three seasons with the Rangers.