regions 36 is depicted any pattern or arrangement of profiled relieved or embossed regions may be used to provide a textured puck contacting surface to increase the friction between the puck and the sleeve 10 carried on the blade 16 thereby providing enhanced control characteristics such profiled or textured surfaces may be specifically selected to complement the knurling or texture of a puck and may be achieved by adding particulates or filaments of non thermoplastic polymers inorganic material graphite metal metallic alloys or the like to the polymer forming the heat shrinkable sleeve fig1 5 depict the method of using the heat shrinkable sleeve 10 of the present invention in use any desired length of sleeve is selected or cut the cover sleeve 10 is first slipped over the hockey stick blade 16 toe end 20 as depicted in fig1 before sliding the cover sleeve 10 in place the blade 16 should be clean and dry blade edges should be generally smooth and if the blade 16 is cracked or broken edges of the crack should be fitted or matched as smoothly and closely as possible the sleeve 10 may be positioned anywhere along the length of the blade 16 as suggested by arrow a in fig2 although generally the sleeve 10 will be positioned generally centrally along the length of the blade 16 covering a large portion of the.