Talk about a bad week.
Not only did the 蘑菇AV Tigers Men鈥檚 Hockey team failed to advance to the post season, someone stole all their hockey sticks.
Twenty-five Easton SE16 hockey sticks valued at more than $250 each were swiped from the stick room at 蘑菇AV Memorial Arena late Wednesday night or early Thursday morning. Only the sticks were taken; other pieces of equipment, such as skates, were passed over.
The Tigers alerted Hockey Nova Scotia to the theft, which in turn sent out the message to players and coaches throughout the province.
鈥淲e鈥檙e trying to let people know that if someone comes up to you with this kind of stick and asks for, say 50 bucks, it鈥檚 too good of a deal to be true,鈥� says head coach Pete Belliveau. 鈥淎nd plus we鈥檇 really like our sticks back.鈥�
The theft represents a major blow to the Tigers' budget: 鈥淲e鈥檙e talking about $7,000 here,鈥� says Coach Belliveau.