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Come Fan with UsSunday, June 21, 2026

Logan Couture And The San Jose Sharks Catch A Break

Nine times out of ten, broken hockey sticks are the source of problems for players on the ice. Either you drop the remains and become increasingly helpless or risk receiving a minor penalty for holding it an extra second. There’s that one odd, random sequence though where it will actually help in a fluky way.

↵The San Jose Sharks and Minnesota Wild were deadlocked in a third-period tie on Friday. Enter broken stick.

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↵If Dan Boyle gets the shot off as he planned, Niklas Backstrom likely has an easy save to make. Logan Couture’s tap-in was the deciding goal while Boyle’s unintentional pass somehow got through a maze of bodies. Isn’t stick technology great?

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