Composite hockey sticks break at rates far higher than their wooden counterparts specifically because of the nick/dent weakness of composite. With all the stick-on-stick hacking and slashing that goes on, it seems that there’s a snapped stick on the ice every 10 minutes. They cost 10 times as much and break 10 times as often.

But holy shit do they deliver a wicked slapshot.

As with everything in life, there are tradeoffs.