from Stu Cowan of the Montreal Gazette,

Brendan Gallagher uses a new stick every game, meaning it costs the Canadiens well over $16,000 a year to buy sticks for him.

It’s not uncommon for NHL players to use a new stick every game and their teams pay for them — an average of about $200 per stick, which is about $100 less than they cost in a sports store. The regular season is 82 games — not including practices — so the stick bill for NHL teams can get very expensive. Even if a player has a sponsorship deal to use a certain brand of stick, the team still has to purchase them.

Gallagher, who led the Canadiens with 31 goals heading into Thursday night’s game against the New York Islanders at the Bell Centre, uses a Warrior stick.

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