Sticks are rather imperative to the game of hockey therefore someone without a stick would likely be at a severe disadvantage. John Tavares is a smart man and realizes this concept, thus prompting him to swipe the stick of Kings defenseman Drew Doughty.
After Doughty poked the puck away from Tavares during an intriguing one-on-one battle on Thursday night, Tavares skated way with his opponent’s stick:

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