Most Unique Hockey Gear Ever Used!

We won a squirt tournament in Providence RI in 1982 as travel team wearing Cooperalls. We were from a small town in Maine and sponsored by Holiday Inn. We were complete underdogs and had no business playing against these big city teams. It was incredible. Loved my Cooperalls!

In the mid 1970's Koho had an oval or rounded hollow stick that never caught on because it would roll inthe players hand. It came in a black or navy with gold lettering.

I remember when those Reebok O sticks were the absolute shit. Like peewee/bantam around 2009-2010.

I used to use cooperalls when I played roller hockey. I remember most of these innovations while growing up playing hockey in Detroit. Thanks for taking me down memory lane!! Keep up the good work!!!

I have worn the RBK, now CCM "pump" skates for several years and they are great for me. I have a narrow ankle and a wide toe base so in order to get skates to fit me without causing a cramp in my foot, I had to leave them laced really loose in the boot but could never get them tight enough on my ankle to lock them in. With the pump skate I can get them wide in the toe base and lock my ankle in to the boot so I get the right feel to the skate with good stability. I am a referee and I don't play anymore. The skates are great and I am glad they still make them....

I'm amazed at how much I learn from your videos. It speaks to my inner child so much! I grew up in the 90s when you still had some real oddities. Petr Klima has always been a favorite of mine because of the wacky helmet and the rad tape job. I think that makes me your exact target audience lol. This is like crack for my soul and I appreciate it so much!

Love the video, definitely learned a few new things which was quite interesting :) thanks for the video!

Wow, Tocchet wearing that jaw protector is the most un-Tocchet thing I can think of! Not surprised he would take it off in games to fight, of all things 🤣

I had a few Lockjaw shafts. The concept was that you didn't need to heat up the shaft to insert the glued blade and didn't weaken it. I couldn't ever find Lockjaw blades so I ended up using the regular blades. Had that thing forever and it never broke. Ended up using it as a breaker bar for more leverage when working on my car!

3:02 are last game for playoffs this kid had the same stick and tape through the hole to keep the hole

Cool video! Back when I was skating 10 or so years back I was rocking t'Blades on my Rk11 Pumps... played alongside two others with t'Blades, and maybe against only a couple guys with them over the years. Absolutely loved them, they made an incredibly specific noise! Not on the list but a another cool piece of gear another teammate and I had was the Gen 1 Colt stick, not sure if they still exist but they made this stick where the lower half or so was coated in a hyper-strong metal for durability.. lasted 12 months of brutal use and was another distinctive looking piece of kit

I had those mission gloves. It really helped out when I broke my hand twice and my cast could fit in the gloves so I could still play.

Nice video on the sticks. Ppl need to realize everyone has a great shot now with these sticks. I’ve played Hockey now since the 70,s and players like Ovi and McDavid wouldn’t have these great one timers or quick releases with the older sticks and this a fact. Huge difference in sticks I’ve used both. Skates also… it doesn’t matter what sport, equipment makes a difference… every time I here ohhh if MDavid or Ovi would of played when Gretzky played he have 100 goals a season. And I’m like No way. Different Era are different Eras for a reason. I hear the goalies stood up all the time. Go look at todays high lites of all the scores this past week. 90 % are top shelf . Goalies are getting beat cause there going down all the time now. And theses fancy sticks make it where you can flick the puck up higher quicker and faster and easier. Them are Facts. I love the game of Hockey. Been blessed to be able to play for 50 yrs… thanks again for the video hope it helps ppl understand the game and equipment of this great sport

I still have and use the mission 3 finger glove and I love it. You could buy them for either your left or right hand depending on which way you shoot. You put it on the top knob hand since it needs less precision than the bottom hand. The moment I tried the glove, It just felt right

Cool to see Marsblade in the video, they come from my hometown!

I’m an engineer and I was thinking how they should try the Thermablade idea again. Battery tech has come light years beyond 2010. They make powerful 9v lithium polymer batteries that weigh 2g now. And heating the aluminum holder in addition to the stainless steel blade itself would conduct the energy more evenly. Aluminum is a superior heat conductor and needs less energy to create heat.

Around the same time Louisville came out with Lockjaw system, Bauer released Harpoon system. Both replacement blade systems do not require glue or heat gun to change blade.

I've been using the Blade Tech steel for a few months and haven't noticed a real difference in power from my stride, but have noticed a bit more spring in edge work.

I can definitely say that Koho pioneered a shaped hockey stick in the early 1980’s - I personally used (and still have) an OVAL Koho XL3 fibreglass stick as a 15 year old in the 1982-83 season.

Great video as always. Never played hockey in my life but I love your channel because the weird minutia of the evolution of specialized gear is just so interesting and you present the info so well. Maybe you could team up with some other youtubers like the Baseball Bat Bros to do some deep dives into other sports too. I want to hear about the difference between wicker and carbon fiber Sepak Takraw balls or whatever. Anyway keep up the GREAT work. Always look forward to your videos.