By the time my parents caved in and bought a wood stick, I was at the point of consuming one new stick nearly every time I was on the ice. At that point, the higher upfront cost ended up being worth it.
By the time my parents caved in and bought a wood stick, I was at the point of consuming one new stick nearly every time I was on the ice. At that point, the higher upfront cost ended up being worth it.
If you're not on defense, you skate to the bench and grab a new stick or jump off and another player with a stick jumps on.
Or, same player linked in article, Evgeny Kuznetsov, finds an opponent's stick caught in glass and takes it and plays with it (also happens to be a penalty, but a hilarious one) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgYUdIDyNXg
I would add that what you as a player do after you drop a broken stick depends upon where you are and in what direction you are skating on the ice, where the puck is, and which team has possession of the puck.
If you are in the offensive zone and your stick breaks, you drop it out of the way of the play so your team's offense is not disrupted. If your team has the puck, you retreat to your bench where an equipment manager hands you your replacement stick which he got because he saw you broke yours a few seconds ago.
If your team lost the puck in the offensive zone as a result of a shot where your stick broke, you drop your stick in a way most likely to disrupt the other team, and you start playing defense without a stick until you can get back to the bench for a new stick, or until a player who can more easily get to the bench hands his to you.
If your stick breaks in the defensive zone, you are more likely to just start playing defense without a stick.
If a goaltender loses or breaks his stick, everyone in organized hockey has been taught to offer their stick to the goalie. Some goalies want any stick. Other goalies will play without a stick until his/her stick can be retrieved or until a stoppage of play.
In most sets of hockey rules, the goaltender is the only player who is allowed to continue playing with a broken stick.
I'm curious, what penalty gets called here? I wasn't aware there was a "your equipment fell apart" penalty.
I played in Canada, but this ruling seems quite similar to what was in effect for us: https://www.usahockeyrulebook.com/page/show/1084649-rule-605...
I think the worry is a broken stick has a chance of producing something sharp that can injure others. I think it is more of a worry when the break is along the shaft of a wooden stick (as you could stab someone, you're basically wielding a spear) but even a split along the bottom of a wooden stick's blade has the potential to lose splinters.
I have seen maybe a total of 15 minutes of hokey in my life so sorry if the question is dumb, but I would expect that there is a risk to stumble upon the stick?
In volleyball, if a ball rolls within the court, the play is stopped immediately (this happens quite often when you play on several courts side by side)
'Substitutions' being on the fly too (and <1m apart), there's just something kind of raw and basic about it. Obviously there's loads of rules, but the general gist/feel of it just seems a lot more.. I don't know, 'informal', or something, than other games.
The penalty here isn't because your equipment fell apart, it is if you keep playing with broken equipment then that is a penalty. If your stick breaks and you drop it on the ice then you are fine.
Broken sticks are sharp so playing with one is a safety hazard.
Basically the rule is there in case the stick is broken in such a way that it becomes sharp and dangerous, which generally would mean it's not functional anyway. In that case you are required to drop the stick on the ice and get a new one mid-play, or get off the ice.