The Things Customers Do

[The Things Customers Do]

I'm getting a kick out of the "oh shit" reaction I get when I tell customers that Sher-wood is closing their wood stick factory. "That's right, you pretty much have to buy composite sticks in the future." It's like you can hear their wallets moan. BTW, it's not my fault..........

I know how they feel. I hate composite sticks, they're too light and I think think they wear out faster than wood. I don't take alot of slap shots either so that helps. I bought an easton stealth 300 and it lasted all of about 4 games before the tip of the blade was so chewed up you could almost pull it into 2 pieces. I went back to zcarbons immediately and have used the same stick since the summer for a 1/3 of the cost.

long live the wood! err fiberglass/wood...or whatever the hell it is....

[Recovery after broken ankle]

well, i'll add my story in here. I had reconstructive foot surgery last year and i'm still recovering. they fused 2 bones in my mid-foot area and put 2 screws through that, cut my heel bone in half and shifted it over towards my instep and put a screw and pin in that and lengthened my achillies tendon. I was on crutches for 12 weeks, in a boot for about another 6 weeks after that so I know the pain your going through.

My advice is if you can get the screws/pins out, do it. I had the screw taken out of my heel and the doc said it could take upwards of 9 mos for the hole to fill in (it was a big screw). But what he did was fill the hole with a fake bone compound so it would keep it fairly strong while that was healing. I was back playing about a month after that and haven't stopped since.

about the only thing i'm still dealing with is the pain. And like most of you have said, I think its weak and atrophied tendons and ligaments. It's been a little over 10 mos. since my surgery and I still have enough pain that I can't run or skate at 100%. I had an MRI a couple of weeks ago and they didn't find anything so I hope that its just taking a long time to heal and not something else. I guess patience is the key to recovering from something like this.

[Your current equipment]

well, i'm new here so here's my equipment:

CCM 652 Helmet (I think thats the model, not sure)

Z-Leader 1/2 shield/cage

Sherwood 5030 shoulders

Jofa elbows, not sure of the model

Easton Synergy 500? gloves

Easton S9 pants

Sherwood 5030 shinpads

Graf 709 skates

Stealth 300 stick (not a big fan of one piece sticks so going back to wood)