I have thought about this issue a lot. I have a theory. First, let me say that I am a right-handed person who hockey-shoots left. Back when I started watching hockey in the '60s, right-handed shots were a rare commodity in the NHL. In particular, right-handed shooting defensemen were hot properties. How come? Well, back then there was a fairly tight correlation righty person <--> lefty shot, lefty person <---> righty shot. This is because (here goes the theory) stickhandling and passing were the first things little kids learned how to do, and those are tasks best addressed with one's dominant hand at the end of the stick. When Big Slapshots became the Real Deal, kids started learning shooting earlier in life and started opting for a stronger *shooting* alignment of the hands --- which, for most people, is dominant hand low on the stick. The number of righty shots in the NHL, which has grown tremendously since the '60s, is evidence that more right-handed kids are ending up righty shots nowadays. One of my good friends is a left-hander who hockey-shoots right. One day I asked him how he batted. He said he could bat both ways, but had a better average batting righty and better power batting lefty. The same is true for me "in reverse" --- i.e., I'm a right-hander who can switch-hit but my average is better lefty and my power is better righty. This gibes with the stickhandling-versus-shooting angle on hockey-handedness. Dave Delchamps Cornell University Let's Go Red !! HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.