Yea, it's that crappy Saitek P220 or P880. D-pad has fallen off of 4-5 controllers for me when playing mario kart (my favourite game before I started to play NHL '94 more serious). I didn't want to get another controller since I was so used to this one.
1,5 month ago I finally bought a wireless logitech controller after the 5th saitek crap D-pad had fallen off.