Is cooper still around?

[finkster 0]

It has been almost 10 years since I played hockey. Now that my son has hit the ice, I have dusted off my old gear (talk about 10-year hockey funk). Anyway, all of my pad were by cooper, but it does not seem like cooper is still around (or popular).

What did I miss out on in ten years? Did cooper get bought out by some other sports mega company?

[gee2626 0]

I thought bauer bought them out.

Then Nike bought bauer.

[sogaduch 0]

yeah bauer bough canstar which i believe was cooper,flak,micron and daoust and then in 97 nike bought bauer

[thejackal 46]

I got some cheap Cooper shinpads at Canadian tire. Bauer/Nike pamflets on it.

[43%burnt 0]

ha, i'm still using cooper stuff. i'm still rockin' some pants and the techniflex shoulder pads. best shoulder pads i've ever used/put on. i have a basically new pair of nylon techniflex gloves too. but yeah, cooper died when they got bought out.

[Fonya 0]

I think there is some new cooper stuff that is low end available at Canadian Tire.

[finkster 0]

ha, i'm still using cooper stuff. i'm still rockin' some pants and the techniflex shoulder pads. best shoulder pads i've ever used/put on. i have a basically new pair of nylon techniflex gloves too. but yeah, cooper died when they got bought out.

I have the techniflex shoulder and elbow pads. My elbow pads still rock, after 10-years in my bag sitting in the basement. The shoulder pads...well... they are still good, but will need to be de-molded.

Cooper used to be top-of-the-line... or so I thought.

[ultraman7k 0]

I think there is some new cooper stuff that is low end available at Canadian Tire.

i saw that in a flyer today too. white with blue trim equipment...i guess Canadian Tire SMU?

didn't crappy tire put out a cooper ops too a couple months back?