Sticks break because of slashes, skate cuts (Causing a weak point) and other reasons such as getting your toe stuck in the boards. However, the main reason sticks break is not that the materials cannot stand up to the rigors of hockey or that your shot is too powerful. The main reason is because of poor quality assurance standards. There are manufacturer's defects that are not visible to the naked eye in most of today's composite sticks. Yes, even the sticks that you pay $350+ for. The factories that produce sticks do not provide high wages, and in turn there is a lot of employee turnover which results in poorer quality products. Overseas manufacturers are experiencing continuing wage increases. The manufacturers must either raise their wages and demand better work from their employees or continue to be an industry of "produce low quality substrates and cover them with nice graphics". We believe it will be the latter. Have you ever seen a brand new high end stick that (other than the break) does not even have a mark on it. That is almost always a manufacturer's defect.
Because these expensive sticks have manufacturer defects, they will eventually break. The manufacturers have spent extensive resources in testing and calculating how long a stick will last for an average player. Their 30 day warranty should tell you their findings. Don't be fooled by companies selling overstock Pro Stock Sticks. These have just as many factory defects as retail sticks and have ZERO warranty!
Once a stick breaks you have the choice to purchase another new stick and hope that if it breaks, it breaks in the first 30 days. Then you hope that the warranty is approved. When Integral Hockey receives a broken stick, the defect has been identified and repaired. Now the stick will last as it should have from the beginning.
Just like repairing a car's engine, to repair it properly and ensure that it works as designed, you must follow the design and engineering that the manufacturer applied in building it. That is the methodology that we apply in all our repair processes. We are the best in the world at what we do, and if you have not tried Integral Hockey yet, or use another repair method, you are missing out.
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No noticeable difference in weight, flex, kick point, or balance. Once repaired by Integral Hockey, your stick will be ready for any level of play. Hollow Internal Shaft Repair, Blade Repair, and Low Shaft/Hosel External Shaft Repair - all repair processes are covered by a lifetime warranty in the repair zone!
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