Article on hockey laces

[Doctor Hook 0]

Interesting little read for all you laceheads:

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=lukas/070215

[Langenbrunner15 0]

Damn..two laces on a skate?

[srv2miker 0]

That right white, your time in the sun is OVER! Long live YELLOW!!!

[Doctor Hook 0]

My next pair, I'm rocking black.

[djinferno 2]

i do two laces, i think thats where the lock system got it's inspiration...

[The Stranger 0]

I have always wondered how yellow came to be used, it seems like an odd color choice. Any one know how it started? Was graf the first?

[JR Boucicaut 3804]

Yes, the fad started in the early 90s with the Euros wearing Grafs. I remember Johan Garpenlov being one of the first.

[Doctor Hook 0]

Yes, the fad started in the early 90s with the Euros wearing Grafs. I remember Johan Garpenlov being one of the first.

He did not just drop a Johan Garpenlov bomb. Man, haven't heard that name in ages.

Wonder if he was buddies with Jan Erixon?

On a different note, how often do y'all change laces? I do it when I feel the wax is gone, so maybe every 6 months or so after 1-2x skating per week.

[The Stranger 0]

On a different note, how often do y'all change laces? I do it when I feel the wax is gone, so maybe every 6 months or so after 1-2x skating per week.

Same with me, or if they get nicked up. I just changed mine today after about 4 months.

[Hockeydog 8]

Garpenlov, wasn't he a SJ Shark for a while.

[JR Boucicaut 3804]

Yes, and a Panther after that. Me and my boy used to hang out with Garpy after games.

[hockeysc23 0]

Yes, the fad started in the early 90s with the Euros wearing Grafs. I remember Johan Garpenlov being one of the first.

He did not just drop a Johan Garpenlov bomb. Man, haven't heard that name in ages.

Wonder if he was buddies with Jan Erixon?

On a different note, how often do y'all change laces? I do it when I feel the wax is gone, so maybe every 6 months or so after 1-2x skating per week.

I do so a little quicker. I put a lot of tension on mine so as soon as they fray, lose their wax, or are on sale they get changed.

Scott

[kovalchuk71 212]

How do you use 2 pairs of laces on your skates? Tie them together or intertwine them?

[Drewhunz 3]

Reread the article.

[kin1013 0]

interesting article, I wonder how much money people can make out of shoe laces, it must be obvious that it's creating a lot of new business for those guys and the profit margin for making those!!

where do they made?

[hockeysc23 0]

How do you use 2 pairs of laces on your skates? Tie them together or intertwine them?

From what I got from the article you would tie the bottom part of your skates with one lace then the upper half with another lace. They don't have to be connected.

Scott

[chippa13 1844]

Yes, the fad started in the early 90s with the Euros wearing Grafs. I remember Johan Garpenlov being one of the first.

My Graf 501's came with them back in '85.

[JR Boucicaut 3804]

I didn't say that the yellow lace came out in the early 90s, I am saying that the Euro players were wearing them in the NHL in the early 90s.

[Karly14 21]

I didn't say that the yellow lace came out in the early 90s, I am saying that the Euro players were wearing them in the NHL in the early 90s.

They didn't really get too popular around where i live until Fleury started wearing yellow in his Ignite 1's.

[Admerylous 0]

Maybe I need to get into the colored lace business.

There's a killing to be made here.

Blue laces, purple laces, green laces.. oh my!

[Doctor Hook 0]

I still say white laces look the best.

Who's with me?

[AK10R 0]

The write up said that Graf’s were a German company…. I thought Graf was out of Sweden (besides Graf Canada). Was the founder out of Sweden?

My daughter has had laces with sparkles/glitter on them..... if you guys need a pair I could let you know where she got them...... :lol:

[mack 44]

Switzerland.

[Hede 2]

I had yellow waxed laces all my life but the last 2 years i used balck waxed. Looks good on my CCM Vector Pros. As i remember we allways used yellow waxed here in Denmark fore the most part.

[OhMyGodImOnFire 0]

Anybody know anything you can do with old/used laces (and I mean ANYTHING)? I'm a goalie, and WAS considering using them for toe ties O.o...