Sam Girard is among the Avs’ shortest players at 5-foot-10, and his hockey stick has always been proportionate to that — even a bit short for his height. At some point in December, he changed that.
MONTREAL — Jared Bednar often notices a direct correlation between a player’s productivity and his equipment tinkering.
Initially he thought the slump had something to do with the lingering effects of a broken sternum that knocked him out of the 2022 playoffs. “Maybe the first couple weeks,” Girard said last week. “But after that … nothing was coming, so it was kind of hard mentally.” The stick he has been using the past three months is approximately 5-6 inches longer than his previous one, he estimated. He can feel it making a difference. He feels more confident putting pucks on net. He’s creating more for his teammates. In the last 31 games, Girard has 23 points, and the Avs are plus-two goals when he’s on the ice.
Makar has never made a drastic change to his sticks in the middle of a season, he said. Opinions vary on the matter. “I’m pretty particular about my sticks,” Alex Newhook said. Bednar said he “stays out of it” because “I feel like players are finicky when it comes to those things.” Evan Rodrigues, on the other hand, often enjoys experimenting.
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