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Compro Sports Evolution E2X

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I was given the opportunity recently from one of the principle owners of Compro Sports (www.comprosports.com) to use one of their new, not yet released to retail, Evolution E2X OPS. It apparently is being used by a handful of players in the NHL, and then a half dozen or so pros in Europe. It sounds as though the company is preparing to launch the stick to retail in the near future (sorry....no time frame that I am aware of) and are in the final stages of preperation prior to release.

I used the new Evolution last night for the entire duration of my game. Little background, I cut about 2-1/2" off of the shaft and reinserted the plastic butt end into the shaft, and then did my usual tape job on the blade and handle.

I play center on my ice team, so the lower portion of my sticks and blades get a lot of abuse from backhanded draw back face offs. This is one of the main reasons that I don't purchase the R8 or other extended taper sticks as I feel that they aren't as durable to these types of loads and constant slapping, contact and slashing that occurs in the face off circle.

Puck feel from the stick is great, and it took me very little time to get used to the stick as the curve is nearly identical to the Phaneuf that I have been using lately in my TPS XN10 Redlite. The stick plays lightweight and is very well balanced, though a touch blade heavy, but nothing detrimental to the performance by any means. The grip coating was just that....and not a texture. While usually not my preference, it performed well and did its job. Wrist shots for me on this stick were great. Between the deep heel curve (my preference for a good wrist shot) and the whip of the stick, it performed fantastic on quick wrist shots. The stick is rated at 85 flex uncut, yet even after cutting the stick 2-1/2", the flex still felt softer to me than an 85....possibly closer to a high 70's or 80 flex to me. Snap shots also felt great off of the stick with a quick release a good amount of loading out of the shaft. Slap shots I felt were where the flex of the shaft started to work against it. I didn't feel as much pop off of the shot on hard slaps from the point as I do with my R6, or my XN10's.

Aestetically speaking....I did suffer about 3 large chips in the paint last night near the hosel/blade area, undoubtedly from over zealous face off attempts. Overall so far, performance wise, I would say that the stick has performed above my expectations. I do not feel that it is any secret how highly I hold my beloved XN10's and R6's, and I have only come to the conclusions on these sticks after YEARS of playing, and then for Compro to come through and produce a stick that impresses me this much in comparison to the TPS.....I must say that I am impressed with the companies work. Out of a possible 10....I would give the stick about an 9, detracting points for the flex rating not seeming quite consistent. This being a demo though, I am sure that things such as this and the paint could easily be addressed prior to a full retail release.

As always guys.....any questions, comments, etc etc.....by all means let me know.

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I'm kinda fascinated here. I always viewed Compro as the Kia (no offense to Kia owners, but you know what I mean, haha) of the hockey stick world. But seeing that they're kickin it up a few notches here I may have to keep an eye out for these things.

Did you notice any torquing from slapshots? Was there much of a taper to the shaft at all? What was the shape of the shaft?

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I'm kinda fascinated here. I always viewed Compro as the Kia (no offense to Kia owners, but you know what I mean, haha) of the hockey stick world. But seeing that they're kickin it up a few notches here I may have to keep an eye out for these things.

Did you notice any torquing from slapshots? Was there much of a taper to the shaft at all? What was the shape of the shaft?

I play center, and the main focus of my game is passing, wrist and snap shots, and thus I never really let loose on slap shots too much....except for warming up the goalie. But no, I did not notice any torquing of the shaft at all. I have the same puck flight with the Lidstrom curve (they mirror a handful of Easton's curves) as I do with RBK's clone in the Phaneuf. Speaking to Ted at Compro, he had just got back from a factory tour in China, where they were made alongside a handful of the TPS shafts. The quality of the stick seems on par to me with other high end OPS. There was a taper to the shaft, but not an extended one....probably in the 12-16" range. With regards to the shaft shape, very similar to the Contoured CCM shafts. Slightly rounded corners.

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At retail the will be about $175 - $210 depending on the retailer. -Ted Corse

I will add a lot to this thread later tonight, tomorrow at the latest.

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Here is some info on Compro construction.

100% T-700 Carbon Fiber (E2 & E2X models)

Reinforced Edge Construction

12K weave on blade (E2 & E2X models)

3:1 shaft to blade ratio for superior feel

reinforced slash zone for improved durability

Vibration dampening blade system for that wood feel

Rounded shaft corners and patented X-Grip for exceptional control

Junior and intermediate sticks are also available. All made from 100% carbon fiber.

Also here is some company background.

COMPRO SPORTS INC.

Canadian Owned

Greg Adams – 18 Year NHL Veteran

Greg Adams notched 785 points (375+410) in 1,056 regular-season and play-off games for New Jersey Devils, Vancouver Canucks, Dallas Stars, Phoenix Coyotes and Florida Panthers and played in the 1988 All-Star game. Came within a game of 1994 Stanley Cup Finals

Mike Barrie – NHL – Buffalo Sabres and Dallas Stars

Henry Karusewicz – Former President and CEO TECO-Westinghouse – Over 20 years of experience in overseas product development

Ted Corse - Business developer / PGA teaching professional

Brad Palmer - NHL - Minnesota Wild

Host of Current and former NHL players as consultants – Bear Mountain Group - Ray Whitney, Wes Walz, Rob Neidemayer

Len Barrie

Selected by Edmonton Oilers round 6 #124 overall 1988 NHL Entry Draft

1985-87 – Calgary Wranglers Los Angeles Kings and Florida Panthers

Alberta Headquartered Company

If anyone has any questions please feel free to contact me.

Ted Corse

Compro Sports Inc

tmcorse@mac.com

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I also had the chance to test drive the E2X. At first impression I was very surprised at the quality of the stick. I recieved two versions of the stick, one a Lidstrom in 85 flex and the other a drury in 95 flex. The Lidstrom weighed in at 450 grams and the drury weighed in at 445 grams, balance is good. I could certainly compare this stick to my R8 in terms of weight and balance, the Compros balance point was only about 1.5" lower than the R8s. These are extremely lightweight sticks. The blade is very stiff, moreso than a kronik and again comparable to my R8. Everyone that has touched the stick is amazed at how lightweight it feels and is extremely impressed with it. My biggest complain is with the flex. These sticks are whippy. The 95 flex feels like an 85 after four icetimes and the 85 feels like an 80 flex without any icetime.

The grip is similar to the CCM grip but lighter, not bad even for someone like me that dislikes grip sticks. Length is 60" btw.

The blades were very "pingy" at first until I taped the blade up. With a thin layer of tape the blade seems very nice. In the "Feel" department, this is no Mission Pulse but it's comparable to my Vector 8.0 which isn't quite as good as my R8, but we're talking apples to slightly worse apples there. The blade is livelier than the R8 and 8.0 which can cause some with stone hands some issues but I had no issues with recieving passes. I do admit that I do like slightly lively blades because I make my money in front of the net deflecting pucks and the deflections seem to always find the right spot with this kind of blade.

I had no torquing issues with the 95 flex but I could probably take a guess and assume that I would have some issues with the 85 since it is soo whippy. The flex is consistant across the entire stick, this is not a Vapor XXXX this is a one90, no super low kickpoint here. The shots off this stick did feel a little laggy on wrist shots but the stick still had some nice pop.

At this point, I'm not won over by the stick completely but I'm going to keep using it and hopefully will be able to give a good report on durability, so far it seems good in that regard. This is NOT a favorite stick but I have definitely tried high-end sticks that I didn't like as much as this, for example:

Warrior Kronik

RBK 9K0

TPS Adrenaline

This is definitely a HUGE step in the right direction. This is Compro's first stick that can really compete with the big boys, it was a pleasure to be given the opprotunity to try out this latest offering from the company and I hope that they keep working hard to put out an even better product next go around. The stick is definitely worth a look if you get a chance.

Here's a pic(Black = Drury, Blue = Lidstrom):

comproos3.jpg

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How were you guys so lucky to get to test one out?

We both are pretty active on the IW Forums, and Ted was monitoring the posts over there and picked us out of the pool over there based on our posts. Me...for my good looks :D and TBL because he is actually a good player. :)

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How were you guys so lucky to get to test one out?

We both are pretty active on the IW Forums, and Ted was monitoring the posts over there and picked us out of the pool over there based on our posts. Me...for my good looks :D and TBL because he is actually a good player. :)

my bad...IW forum?

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Not to be snippy but I do find it funny that we pitched our long term review program to them at the show and never got a response. Then they start passing them out to members on another website.

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In all fairness Ted was not the guy you guys talked to. When I mentioned the demo sticks and Ted last month, JR told me that you guys talked to Harry at the show.

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I think its great that other MSH guys are getting to test drive product. It helps to widen the sampling pool of users on new product.

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I think its great that other MSH guys are getting to test drive product. It helps to widen the sampling pool of users on new product.

We're picking guys at all levels. That's why guys like Allsmokenopancake and lkpttiger are testing gear. The tough part is getting guys who play frequently and are still able to write regular reviews.

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I'm actually going to keep using this stick for at least two more weeks and I'll be posting a better MSH-style review insteda of a rambling like I did.

I hope I addressed all the questions that would have been asked about the stick but is there anything else you guys would like me to address? I really want to give Ted the most informative review I can, this is my first time demo-ing a stick and I tried my best to cover all bases. :)

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does anoyne have a good blade cahrt of these sticks? and which is considered its "top end" stick? my brother says he knows a guy and there factoring in or around edmonton is closing and he cn get some cheap if i tell him what stick pattern and flex... also the blade cahrt of their site sucks, thats why im asking you cant really see it

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Looking forward to longer term review, its great getting independent unbiased input. Durability reports from guys actually using sticks are interesting to read. Any OPS can break at any time, but reading a twig still shoots like first day-or the blade turned to mush, shaft got a lot whippier help many decide on purchasing.

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