Sakic Pro Stock

[mack 44]

5 are, then a couple are just issued for him and not actually used.

[A2rhino 63]

So what exactly is Z-TAC? Is there a patten on it?

[kovalchuk71 212]

nah, just a rough texture

[Edge 0]

When the Stealth first came out, I got one of Sakic's Pro stock ones with his curve, signed and all.

It has Z-tac as well (even though it is a Stealth, not Synergy). By the way, georgous curve on his sticks, I wish he was right-handed.

[akhockeyplaya 0]

What's his curve like? Could we get pics? I've always wondered...

[A2rhino 63]

nah, just a rough texture

A LHS near me gets a lot of Prostock Easton sticks and they all have a rough texture at on the blade. They dont have that crazy color/shine to them but they all DO have that texture. Does this make the tape stick better to the stick?

[oliverloran 0]

I have one Ultra-Lite blade and it has some rough surface too, is it Z-Tac also?

[Patrick67 1]

I've seen Fury Sticks (both OPS and RB's) that have a z-tac like surface on the forehand side of the blade.

[barrett 0]

My friend had a Sheerwood Eclipse a few years ago that also had the Z-Tac like surface on the forehand side

[Sven 1]

Something just came to my mind:

I went to a hockeystore and looked around. There was a corner with broken sticks and i asked an employee what this would be about and he said this is where the broken sticks from the pro team are until someone from the distributor (a rep or some guy) comes along, picks them up to get replacements..

I checked them out and there was an OPS which had this Z-Tac stuff all over the stick... from shaft to blade. It felt kinda nice.

[A2rhino 63]

Sven,

Would that have been an Innovative with the Polarfiber grip?

[Sven 1]

No, a CCM Vector.

[mack 44]

I have one Ultra-Lite blade and it has some rough surface too, is it Z-Tac also?

If it was the Ultra Lite blade that had the same colour scheme as the old Ultra Lite shafts, yes. That was around '99 or so when they had that blade and one blade that had the Z-Bubble scheme - both with Z-Tac.

[Chadd 916]

I have one Ultra-Lite blade and it has some rough surface too, is it Z-Tac also?

If it was the Ultra Lite blade that had the same colour scheme as the old Ultra Lite shafts, yes. That was around '99 or so when they had that blade and one blade that had the Z-Bubble scheme - both with Z-Tac.

The stuff on the UL blades would peel off the first time you replaced the tape though. The pro coatings don't come off that easily.

[#94 3]

nah, just a rough texture

A LHS near me gets a lot of Prostock Easton sticks and they all have a rough texture at on the blade. They dont have that crazy color/shine to them but they all DO have that texture. Does this make the tape stick better to the stick?

What pro shop is that? BTM?

[A2rhino 63]

Yes BTM PHX. location.

[#96 0]

I believe I've seen multiple videos of pros painting and then blow-torching their blades to acheive a similar effect.

[jon93 0]

painting is to hide the puck and the blow torch is to dry the paint

[kovalchuk71 212]

painting is to hide the puck and the blow torch is to dry the paint

Not always true. Most do it because of the distracting colors of the sticks or just because they always have.

[oliverloran 0]

I have one Ultra-Lite blade and it has some rough surface too, is it Z-Tac also?

If it was the Ultra Lite blade that had the same colour scheme as the old Ultra Lite shafts, yes. That was around '99 or so when they had that blade and one blade that had the Z-Bubble scheme - both with Z-Tac.

The stuff on the UL blades would peel off the first time you replaced the tape though. The pro coatings don't come off that easily.

I don't beleive so, i think i have a 04 UL blade, if im correct, i used it quite a lot, but it still has that coating on. But i never tried it without a tape on, you think it would be better then?

[habookus 1]

I was just watching a video of Sakic and it looks like he uses a high lie on his sticks (6-7 lie) also I'm curious to what his curve looks like, anybody have an idea?

[Buzz_LightBeer 974]

its a mid toe, decent amount of loft. i sold someone on here an Eclipse of his that i had.

[booyaagrandma 4]

I have some old pro stock T flex blades of his and would describe his pattern ( at least from 1999 ish ? ) as pretty close to a TPS Nash, maybe a little less loft.

Just out of interest, anybody have an idea on the flex he uses now ?

[Buzz_LightBeer 974]

last stick of his i saw was an 85

[mack 44]

The old T-Flex blades i'd seen of his were about as straight as possible. Not even a hint of loft on it and they were fat little oars.