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Originally Posted by oldschoolcalgary
i've always felt like one of the major catalysts to all injuries is the switch from wooden sticks to aluminum or carbon fibre...
once the velocity of the pucks got so high, the natural response was to increase protection... but the protection causes many other issues, particularly with the concussions etc. Goalie equipment also got bigger as a result.
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I've looked, but never have found solid evidence that the new sticks have measurably increased the velocity of pucks. Aucoin had the hardest shot on the Flames one year using a wood stick.
https://ssl.wsu.edu/documents/2015/1...-and-pucks.pdf
http://thesportjournal.org/article/b...stick-is-best/
[Across studies of players from youths to professionals and of sticks from wood to composite, stiff to flexible, the preeminence of player influence on achieved slap shot speeds rings consistently true and thus deserves to be the primary focus of performance-driven hockey coaches and players alike]