Interesting scene at the end of the second period of the NHL Eastern Conference's final between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Philadelphia Flyers on Sunday. An unknown Penguins player's stick broke halfway up the shaft at about the same time Flyers forward Scott Hartnell was called for roughing.
Because there were less than two minutes remaining in the period, Hartnell skated in the direction of Philadelphia's dressing room. But he was met at the door leading off the ice by Flyers goalie Martin Biron. The Philadelphia netminder had in his hand the blade half of the broken stick and handed it to Hartnell, no doubt asking Hartnell to get one of the training staff to measure the blade.
It will be interesting to see if Flyers coach John Stevens calls for any stick measurements later in this series.
