Canstar 1991 Catalog

[DarkStar50 680]

Hare are a few pages from the 1991 Canstar catalog.

Front Cover Kitchener Peewee team- any future pros??

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Bauer Supreme 3000 with the Tuuk V2. Ever try to sharpen one of those?

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Ray Bourque's Micron Mega 10-90 with the V2

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Techniflex TF1000 Gloves - they just never caught on, I wonder why.

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Here's one for the goalies as pads were still a bit within reason.

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Anybody for a Bauer woody?

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[sabre09923 0]

Bauer Supreme 3000 with the Tuuk V2. Ever try to sharpen one of those?

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s252/Da...STAR1991001.jpg

:lol: My dad had Supreme Custom 4000s for the longest time, and finally gave in and bought Kors this year.

[jmiro 55]

i wish i could get my hand on those mega skates. I had a lower version and loved them.

[JR Boucicaut 3806]

V2s are a bitch to sharpen. I see a couple come in from time to time.

[kosydar 0]

I have a pair of those gloves in my garage.

[Gongshow11 1]

what was the deal behind the v2

[JR Boucicaut 3806]

See the part that is darker on the blade?

In the toe, the blade was conventional thickness. Then it tapers where the darker part of the blade is all the way to the heel.

Very hard to clamp on the holder, hard to hone as well.

[DamnLocust 0]

I'm also curious about the V2. according to the catalog the steel is 40% thinner.

Looks like there may be a wider part to the steel up front? for bite when taking off?

edit: thanks JR.

[TBLfan 25]

Techniflex => smartcuff?

I've never seen the Techniflex in person, so I'm just wondering what it is like.

[barrett 0]

I'm liking the bauer woodies. I' say they had some nice big heel curves back then.

[JR Boucicaut 3806]

Techniflex => smartcuff?

I've never seen the Techniflex in person, so I'm just wondering what it is like.

Nope, just a Cooper subbrand, like Bauer Supreme. The Techniflex also included pants and protective. Those Bauer 8000 elbow pads were Techniflexes back in the day.

[TBLfan 25]

but was the cuff similar in design to the smart cuff(obviously it isn't as tight).

[Monty22 835]

i wish i could get my hand on those mega skates. I had a lower version and loved them.

Perani's/Hockeyworld still has Mega skates- I think the sizes may be a bit hit or miss.

The Cooper Techniflex shoulder pads were also solid, and were eventually re-branded as Bauer Vapors.

[joshy207 15]

Man, a trip down memory lane... 1991 was the year I started working in hockey shops. I remember all that stuff....

[mack 44]

Techniflexes are still the best elbow and shoulder pads I've ever had.

[jmiro 55]

i had some cooperall (or something like that)elbow pads I just got rid of. My little brother is using them.

[Hede 2]

From the good old 90´s. I had those Bauer 3000 with the tuuk V2. Pretty good skate.

[tomh7 2]

Fall of '91 was when I put on my first pair of ice skates. Sophmore year in high school. My girlfriend at the time was a huge hockey fan but I had never really considered the sport. 16 yrs later and several thousand dollars down the tube and I cannot get enough of it (damn woman ruined my shot at ever being wealthy). My First pair of skates were Lange "socks" with genaric Tuuk holders and cheap carbon steel. The following season I upgraded to Bauer Supreme 3000 ($249.99 and I thought that was really expensive).

[Law Goalie 147]

Hah - a buddy of mine still *insists* on playing in Lange goalie skates. Will not change. He has at least six pairs in his basement, blades all oiled up, cellared like Amarone.

Then there's that lunatic in Belgium who is probably the only guy on the planet who associates the phrase "Daoust 301" with a ski-boot goalie skate...

[Viking 1]

Welcome to memory lane. Population: me... I had those 3000 skates (hand-me-downs from a cousin - I didn't get a pair of my own skates until I was 16 and got bigger than him, but I did get really nice hand-me-down skates); I wasn't quite old enough to have played against those kids, but I played against kitchener teams with those uniforms and remember them well enough - it was the golden age of southwestern Ontario minor hockey uniforms (some kids on my team had the 3-tone SK2000 too - black,yellow and white - but I was too cool for that and just had a black one); and I had a severe equipment-boner for those Micron skates because Ray Bourque was my favourite player as a kid.