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ST. JOHNS, N.L. -- It took the Texas Stars a little extra work to win the American Hockey Leagues championship trophy. For the third game in a row, the Stars needed overtime to beat the St. Johns IceCaps en route to the franchises first Calder Cup. Patrick Nemeth scored 14:30 into the extra period of Game 5 Tuesday night to give Texas a 4-3 victory over St. Johns. Nemeth deked inside and out and headed into the slot before firing a wrist shot top shelf past IceCaps goaltender Michael Hutchinson. "Three overtime games and coming from behind in a couple of them, It just shows all the character, and hard work we have in that locker room," said Texas forward Travis Morin. "We never gave up and we never quit. Every time, we found a way. We felt that if we played our game for 60 minutes, no matter what happened, wed have a chance." Morin, who was the overtime hero in Game 4, was crowned the most valuable player for the 2014 Calder Cup playoffs. However, he credited his team with helping him earn the award. "Its an honour," said Morin. "It really goes out to the whole team because I couldnt have done it without them. My linemates, (Brendan) Ranford and (Curtis) McKenzie, they did a hell of a job putting me in good spots and finishing plays. Its really a team effort." After finishing the regular season in first place the path to the Calder Cup wasnt easy for the Stars, who needed a Game 7 to eliminate the Toronto Marlies in the Western Conference final. "Its a lot of overwhelming joy," said Morin. "Ten months of hard work all for one goal. Everybody starts with this goal in mind, but only one team gets to realize it. Right now, were just soaking up the moment." IceCaps captain Jason Jaffray said the loss was a tough pill to swallow, especially with how tight the last three games have been in St. Johns. "Its devastating, obviously," he said. "You come this far, and with how hard the guys battled all year, its incredibly tough. You lose three games in overtime, a couple unlucky goals, it couldve went either way. We couldve been playing for a championship here tonight, it couldve been 3-to-1 (in the series) in the other direction. They got the big goals when need be and give them credit. Their big guys came up when they needed them." Jaffray praised his teammates with battling hard in the series, although they fell short in the end. "I cant say enough about our guys," said Jaffray. "Hutchinson came out of nowhere and gave us a chance to win, making incredible save after incredible save. He deserves better (than to lose). He kept us in every game and won us Game 2. Mike Hedden had two goals and Brett Ritchie also scored for Texas in regulation time. Blair Riley, Jordan Hill and Josh Lunden supplied the offence for St. Johns. Hedden opened the scoring for the Stars when he carried the puck down the right wing and cut to the net, before toe-dragging and burying the puck high blocker side with a wrist shot at the 18:52 of the first period. Ritchie used a defenceman as a screen for his clubs second goal, as he shot it around an IceCaps defenceman, fooling Hutchinson over the shoulder at the 4:59 mark of the second period. The IceCaps scored their first when Hill fired a wrist shot from the point through a screen of several players in front of the net, at the 11:06 mark of the second. A perfect tape-to-tape pass from Zach Redmond at the right point found a flying Lunden at the left post for a one-time wrist shot into an open net at 16:38 of the second. St. Johns took the lead for the first time when Riley intercepted a pass between the defencemen in the slot and capitalized on a breakaway chance, beating Stars goalie Cristopher Nilstrop above his glove 6:33 into the third period. 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This is where Colt comes in with their Nanovate™ Nickel Cobalt technology. While the silver on the sticks make for a cool aesthetic, it also serves an important purpose. Making the stick 50% stronger than any other on the market and offering 21% more power. Sounds intriguing, no? But you must be wondering how all of this works. COLT 2 MODEL- HOW ITS MADE, WHAT ITS MADE OF As mentioned before, each and every stick produced by Colt is handmade in Canada and treated with a layer of Nanovate (the silver portion), a material originally designed for use in aerospace and gas turbine engine applications. The thin layered coating of Nanovate (0.02 mm) is placed over-top the area of the carbon fibre stick where it has been scientifically proven most likely to break, protecting it from damage caused by high levels of impact. At the same time, while the stick is 50% stronger and thus less likely to break, it still cannot be designed as "indestructible." No stick can. Every piece of equipment used in the NHL must comply with the strict and specific standards put in place by the leaague, helping to ensure the safety and well being of the athletes on the ice.dddddddddddd Every stick must be designed to a break in certain situations. Whether it by from a slash, or from direct impact (think spearing), the stick needs to be able to snap so that no serious harm is done to anyone on ice. The first question that came to mind when we saw that the front end of the shaft was coated with extra material was what does this do to the overall balance of the stick? The answer to that is nothing. Even with the Nanovate technology, the stick maintains perfect balance. The weight increase with the extra coating is minimal, but for those looking to shed as many ounces as they can and get a little extra puck feel, a "Raw" version is available with a blade that is not treated with Nanovate. 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