Hockey Lows and Highs

As you well know, I play roller hockey.  Last week I was on the receiving end of an opponent's wicked slapshot.  The shot ricocheted off of the shaft of my hockey stick, causing a slight chip.  Typically, a crack or chip can cause a complete break if not properly treated, so I went into repair mode.  I came up with the clever idea of getting epoxy resin to fill the chip in my hockey stick shaft.  Unfortunately, I was unable to repair the stick in a timely manner.  I played another game with the chip in my stick without any problems.  I then decided that repairs were needed, however I needed more time to allow the epoxy to dry than what was available to me.  On to game 2 with a chipped stick.  Thanks to Murphy's law (which somehow ignored the prior two games) and torquing the stick between the weight of an opponent and the boards, my stick broke in that next game.  All my repair planning and epoxy solutions were all for naught.  I continued the game with a teammate's stick, resulting in a game tying goal in the waning seconds of regulation!  I'm thinking that the demise of that stick far outweighed the benefits of any resurrection of said stick, since I played better without it anyway.