Photo: BarDown We're in the dog days of summer and while that may mean less sunlight and dipping temperatures, it also means that hockey season is right around the corner. With that in mind, we've teamed up with the people from Hockey Stick Builds to get you prepared with furniture builds that will aid you on and off the ice this season.

Unless you're playing at the highest level, you're probably your own equipment manager. After the game you've got to pack up all of your equipment, haul your bag home, as well as clean your own gear and that's fine. You love the game and heaving around mounds of equipment is just part and parcel of being a hockey player. What's not fine is not having a proper way to store your equipment. Today, we start off with a piece of furniture that is essentially self-sustaining: A hockey stick rack built out of hockey sticks.

http://www.tsn.ca/bardown/Story.aspx...rack&id=458979