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Give Me That Stick Back, Kid
by Paul on 12/30/05 at 11:27 AM ET
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When it comes to breaking sticks, few players are as accomplished as Atlanta Thrasher left wing Ilya Kovalchuk. The Russian can easily go through 100 to 200 in an NHL season. And each one that Kovalchuk snaps causes Don Waddell, the Thrasher general manager, to count the cost. Waddell can't do anything about sticks that break, but, as he told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, "the only thing I cringe at is when a player hands a $160 stick to a fan … if it's a stick they can still use, it's just too valuable." Atlanta's stick budget soared from $75,000 in 2000 to $360,000 in 2004.
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