Both Teams in these pics show off a bunch of Illegal Sticks....Find some pics of Penn State and Hobart and Hopkins and Syracuse and Maryland and Virginia...there is a huge percentage of players who use the Draw String...the string that holds the bottom of the mesh to the 4 holes in the plastic right near the ball Stop...you can play 1/4" to 1/2" too deep and pull one string and the stick becomes as tight as a girls stick...Chris Cara from Bucknell Last year had the worst one of them EVER!!(Blatant and Obvious)
Loyola
Penn State
Hobart
UMass
Georgetown
ECAC stands for:
Everyone Cheats Athletics Conference.

Coaches should report to the ref's prior to the start of the game which 4 Players sticks He wants checked during the game. Than At Random times during the game when that player has the ball in their stick at a time that takes no offensive opportunity away from the player...the whistle should blow....the player can not touch any strings and the stick gets checked....also if the player is on the ref's list from the coach...the stick should be checked immediately after Every Goal that player scores all game long.
These Players only cheat because it is so ridiculously easy to get away with.
Players pull their drawstring at the end of each period and they are all set OR if they score the go ahead goal near the end of a game they also pull it then.
You hear Quint always make the comment that the narrow stick heads make it difficult to check the ball out...why he doesn't know about or point out the fat grocery bags these kids use for pockets I have no Idea.
One of the main problems with this game right now is that 60% of the offensive players have Illegal sticks and 75% of the defensive players constantly cross-check during 1-on-1 defense and niether ever gets called... BUT 95% of any body contact is called a push from behind.
The fact that too Many Ref's who have no idea of what they need to control, has made the rules of this game a joke.