Hossa Needs New Sticks

[nosyt612 103]

I've never seen someone break so many sticks on such a consistant basis. He needs to figure something out with those sticks.

[Mickey Redmond 15]

[Elshupacabra 0]

As long as he can make moves like this:

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His sticks are fine with me.

[Hockeytown0001 7,652]

As long as he can make moves like this:

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His sticks are fine with me.

THIS

[edicius 3,269]

As long as he can make moves like this:

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His sticks are fine with me.

That's what she said.

Sorry, couldn't resist.

[CrossoverThrash 0]

maybe he should go to steel sticks

[nosyt612 103]

Ya, its awesome that he scores all those points, i was just commenting on the fact that he goes through sticks faster than anybody i've seen.

[Seraph 240]

Ya, its awesome that he scores all those points, i was just commenting on the fact that he goes through sticks faster than anybody i've seen.

He probably needs the high flex to do what he does.

[P. Marlowe 748]

It seems that it happens alot to others too. Did wooden sticks break this easily?

[seeinred 1,488]

Did wooden sticks break this easily?

Absolutely not. But if you're good, you're definitely gonna have a quicker release and harder shot with the 1 piece sticks.

[NeverForgetMac25 483]

Ya, its awesome that he scores all those points, i was just commenting on the fact that he goes through sticks faster than anybody i've seen.

Do you remember how many sticks Lilja broke two seasons ago.

I can't remember who it was against, but Z fed a cross-ice pass to Lilja (yes, Lilja) for the game winner in OT and afterwards Z said to the reporters something like "I passed it to Lilja and his stick didn't break, so it was good".

[Guest GordieSid&Ted]

It seems that it happens alot to others too. Did wooden sticks break this easily?

I have never used anything but wood sticks. They're durable as hell. I'd say 90% of the sticks I broke in 20+ years were the result of me slamming them against the pipes or stepping on the blades or snapping the blades out of anger. For durability you simply can't beat a wooden stick. I still have a couple of louis' and mostly sher-woods. I would never use anything else.

I understand why pro's would want them or people who actually have a career opportunity at hockey. But for your average joe, beer league player, pick up player, even high schooler I can't rationalize spending upwards of 150-200-hell even 300 bucks on the high tech sticks.

All I have to do is slash your stick once or twice and if there's even the slightest impurity or inconsistency somewhere on it, it will snap like a twig.

[Opie 308]

I have never used anything but wood sticks. They're durable as hell. I'd say 90% of the sticks I broke in 20+ years were the result of me slamming them against the pipes or stepping on the blades or snapping the blades out of anger. For durability you simply can't beat a wooden stick. I still have a couple of louis' and mostly sher-woods. I would never use anything else.

I understand why pro's would want them or people who actually have a career opportunity at hockey. But for your average joe, beer league player, pick up player, even high schooler I can't rationalize spending upwards of 150-200-hell even 300 bucks on the high tech sticks.

All I have to do is slash your stick once or twice and if there's even the slightest impurity or inconsistency somewhere on it, it will snap like a twig.

Am I the only one who sees GS&T as the Dr. Hook of his beer league?

[RainingBlood 8]

Am I the only one who sees GS&T as the Dr. Hook of his beer league?

Hahahaha

[Guest GordieSid&Ted]

Am I the only one who sees GS&T as the Dr. Hook of his beer league?

LOL. My playing days are pretty much over. I'm only 31 but I took a break when my 2nd daughter was born due to time constraints.

I'll tell you what though, the last league I played in I most certainly had a reputation for being sort of a dick. Although in my defence, I really didn't start things with people as i'd rather just play the game. Especially when I was getting owned by these damned 18 and 19 year old kids with afterburners in their skates. My problem was I had a very short fuse so if you even hacked me once, I would spend the rest of the game verbally and physically assaulting you.

I believe my wife said it very succinctly after I explained to her why I punched this guy in the face. She said something like "you take this way too seriously and you're embarrassing me, I'm going home". D'oh!

[Opie 308]

[Guest GordieSid&Ted]

HAHA! The scary thing is I don't necessarily look like him, but my dad does, and he wasn't a very nice player either. Let's see, I look sorta young at 31. I think maybe when i'm 40, I may look just like the hook.

[kozac 10]

I'm not so sure about wood sticks being more durable anymore. I used to only buy sherwoods 5030 but they would start splitting at the blade and eventually break after about 2 months. I've been using a 2-piece easton composite that a teammate gave me for about 5 months now and so far so good.

[Johnny Law 15]

Anecdotalally wood is more durable though I don't think anyone has actually seriously looked at this.

The problem with wood is that due to its unique properties in cannot be uniformly manufactured, wood blades will not come out identically. Its not a huge deal put NHL players are super particular and some are pretty superstitious so many blades end up being rejected by the player. Additionally wood is comparatively heavy, obviously the lighter the stick the faster the shot.

First the vast vast majority of "one-pieces" are actually very similar to the older two piece blade and shaft combos. 8.8.08, XXXX, 95, dolo's, Synergy Elite's, S17's all are simply fused two pieces with epoxy and paint. The advantage of the "one-piece" is the lowering of the kickpoint.

With a lower kickpoint the stick takes less time to load and therefore you end up with a quicker release a mid kp will make for a harder slap shot as compared to the lower kp as the stick will load longer.

Hossa breaks alot of sticks because he's a beast, he doesn't load the stick like other players. Last night on one of his breaks you could see the stick load funny due to the way he applied the load and the quickness in which he did it.

He could be running on a relativity low flex too, Hull used a stick in the 70's so he could get a killer slap shot. When you don't pay for them durabiltiy isn't a real concern.

[joshy207 156]

The biggest reason that you see more composite sticks break--especially at very bad times--is that, with wood sticks, you knew when they were getting ready to break. Composite sticks don't generally give off the same warnings. Players could check their wood sticks on the bench and swap it out if there was a crack. It's much harder to tell with composites, the weak spots don't show up until *BAM* you've just exploded your shaft trying to take a shot.

[robat 13]

He could switch to any other composite stick and it wouldn't make any difference.

[Heroes of Hockeytown 694]

Do you remember how many sticks Lilja broke two seasons ago.

I can't remember who it was against, but Z fed a cross-ice pass to Lilja (yes, Lilja) for the game winner in OT and afterwards Z said to the reporters something like "I passed it to Lilja and his stick didn't break, so it was good".

Ha! I remember that. I think it was a game against Atlanta, he was at the point and tried to take a shot (or maybe it was even receiving a pass) and his stick exploded just as a rushing forward got to him, and he took it down the ice on the breakaway for the score. Then his stick blew up at an inopportune time in the next game, and everyone was just rolling their eyes at lady luck.

[Johnny Law 15]

I found out he uses and 80 flex stick, at 210 pounds thats like a whip flex for him.

[CrossoverThrash 0]

i forget what did hull use like a 70? or 65?

[hankzet40 233]

Lol, another one goes down tonight. What the f*** is wrong with his sticks already?