Broken Sticks

[Gagnon39]

How many ways can we break and lose sticks in NHL 11? I know we can break them on shots and lose them on big hits but will stick be broken by slashes from opposing players? It would be nice to see a player get called for tomahawking another player's stick.

[jaiman]

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I believe that we saw this happen in one of the first Rammer videos. The player who gets slashed loses or breaks his stick on impact of the slash. Let me try to find that video...

[LuGer33]

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How many ways can we break and lose sticks in NHL 11? I know we can break them on shots and lose them on big hits but will stick be broken by slashes from opposing players? It would be nice to see a player get called for tomahawking another player's stick.

Pretty sure sticks can break on slashes. I know for sure they can also break on deflections.

Also they can break in three places, the blade, and two parts of the shaft.

[Str80uttaChicag0]

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Pretty sure sticks can break on slashes. I know for sure they can also break on deflections.

Also they can break in three places, the blade, and two parts of the shaft.

if your stick breaks on a slash, will there be a penalty?

[DDPR]

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if your stick breaks on a slash, will there be a penalty?

I would imagine. I just hope the stick breaking isn't overdone, although it does happen quite often in real life, I just don't want to see it be something happening various times a game.

[Splitter77]

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if your stick breaks on a slash, will there be a penalty?

probably. this is the dumbest rule in the league by the way- next to the delay of game one

[plaidchuck]

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probably. this is the dumbest rule in the league by the way- next to the delay of game one

I disagree, if someone slashed hard enough to break a stick they need to sit down for two.

[Splitter77]

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I disagree, if someone slashed hard enough to break a stick they need to sit down for two.

those composite sticks break if you breathe on them wrong.

[jack1535]

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probably. this is the dumbest rule in the league by the way- next to the delay of game one

If there wasnt delay of game people would just dump the puck over the glass so they can get fresh players out.

[Gagnon39]

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I would imagine. I just hope the stick breaking isn't overdone, although it does happen quite often in real life, I just don't want to see it be something happening various times a game.

It has been stated that there is a slider for broken stick frequency. I had the same concern as you until I read that. Also, broken sticks happen
more often than a lot of people realize. There's at least 2 or 3 per game if not more.

[Gagnon39]

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If there wasnt delay of game people would just dump the puck over the glass so they can get fresh players out.

I agree. I love that penalty. Now the trapazoid crap, tht's garbage.

[KraZe]

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probably. this is the dumbest rule in the league by the way- next to the delay of game one

Well, in retrospect, they aren't being called for "Breaking the Stick", they're being called for "Slashing". A slash is a slash, be it on the leg, arm, stick or anything else. The fact that a player breaks another player's stick with a slash just exemplifies the viewpoint of "wow, that was a pretty hard slash", thus triggering the ref to call it.

Mind you, I've seen times when someone slashes a player's stick, the stick breaks, and there's still no call...

[Gagnon39]

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I wish we could grab the stick of an opposing player if our stick gets broken (ala Eric Lindros).

[adayinthelife]

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I disagree, if someone slashed hard enough to break a stick they need to sit down for two.

Not with composite sticks, they're insanely delicate, I've broken two on faceoffs. I mean sure, for those of us that have to pay for them it really is a piss off but even so, it really shouldn't be a penalty.

On topic: hopefully stick breaking will be as random as the hitting seems to be, and I can't see why it wouldn't be.

[ericromain]

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Not with composite sticks, they're insanely delicate, I've broken two on faceoffs. I mean sure, for those of us that have to pay for them it really is a piss off but even so, it really shouldn't be a penalty.

I think a penalty for stick on stick contact is ridiculous. Don't want your stick to break? Use a man's stick. (i know i know we're never going back to wood)