Worst Hockey Equipment Ever

[goblue9280 33]

Not really a piece of equipment, more of a fad... when I was 8 or 9 (late 80's) kids use to love to do a zebra tape job on their stick blades. I even took it a step further and put my initials in white tape over the black friction tape on my blade... very lame.

Also, neon colored hockey sticks... all the kids had them during the neon rage of the late 80's. And you had to add the neon colored laces for your skates to match. I still remember my neon green Christian stick.

[JR Boucicaut 3789]

Not really a piece of equipment, more of a fad... when I was 8 or 9 (late 80's) kids use to love to do a zebra tape job on their stick blades. I even took it a step further and put my initials in white tape over the black friction tape on my blade... very lame.

Also, neon colored hockey sticks... all the kids had them during the neon rage of the late 80's. And you had to add the neon colored laces for your skates to match. I still remember my neon green Christian stick.

Blame this guy on that fad...

[DarkStar50 679]

Koho 2210 Glassfibre sticks were dominant with Titan TPM2020 back then.

The DG32 shin guard mentioned by "Tyler" was a pro model shin pad in the 70s. He might not know that since back then he was still getting his breakfast in a Gerber baby food jar.

[goblue9280 33]

Blame this guy on that fad...

Good ole Petr Klima... rockin' the Jofa helmet with the hair flowing out the back... another fad that couldn't die soon enough. I remember crying when the wings traded him for Jimmy Carson... hey, I was 9.

[beerleaguecaptain 999]

Ugliest ever!!!

[jimmy 194]

That red helmet aint good looking either. :P

[beerleaguecaptain 999]

That red helmet aint good looking either. :P

That's the Northland!! FUGLY!!!!

[camhockey16 5]

That red helmet aint good looking either. :P

That's the Northland!! FUGLY!!!!

the helmet maybe be fugly - but the 'stache is EPIC

[aliebe 0]

Oh how I miss the SK2000. I'm ready to cream myself just thinking about it. Those were the good ol' days, with my micron 10-70 skates and techniflex gloves. What I would give to have my youth back....

[Fletch 219]

SK2000's + Cooper bubble cages....man I miss those days :)

[aliebe 0]

And the XL7 was my very first helmet. I was 8, maybe 9 yrs old, and I still felt like a tool...

OK, OK...I'm still a tool. But at least I know how to chug a beer!

[mojo122 535]

While we're digging up OLD helmets, what about the bucket that Stan Makita wore?

[JR Boucicaut 3789]

Ugliest ever!!!

Got beaten to it a few hrs before LOL

While we're digging up OLD helmets, what about the bucket that Stan Makita wore?

[mojo122 535]

What brand was that? Did it have inflatable bladders?

[JR Boucicaut 3789]

Northland.

Nah, it had foam in it...like spongy foam. lol

Trivia time - who was the last player to wear it in the NHL?

[V3T3R4N3DSN1P3R 0]

Northland.

Nah, it had foam in it...like spongy foam. lol

Trivia time - who was the last player to wear it in the NHL?

Gretzky

[metalwinger13 1]

ill say mike foligno when he played for the florida panthers. his kid plays for the sens as im sure every one knows. that is one ugly helmet.

[JR Boucicaut 3789]

ill say mike foligno when he played for the florida panthers. his kid plays for the sens as im sure every one knows. that is one ugly helmet.

Wow...good one!

[metalwinger13 1]

thanx.. to bad it was from looking at some old 1994 cards i had lying around. thought they guy had retired by then. remember seeing some old photos of him in buffalo and toronto. i know he was drafted by my dear red wings back in there shitty era

[automorph 0]

i played in cooperalls with that grey girdle (from what i remember snug and comfortable)

I still see the cooper "grey" shoulder pads

got wind knocked out of me first time from a guy in a XL7 "bubble" helmet

(told the ref "i think i am dying", he was like "nah son your just winded")

loved my neon orange christian stick

[DarkStar50 679]

More trivia: Last NHLer to use a Northland stick?

[metalwinger13 1]

you mean actual northland or when they were made under the name christian ..

http://www.vintageminnesotahockey.com/Nort...ckeySticks.html

[DarkStar50 679]

Yes, made by Northland, not under the Christian banner.

[team50 20]

Yes, made by Northland, not under the Christian banner.

Dennis Potvin?

[beerleaguecaptain 999]

Northland.

Nah, it had foam in it...like spongy foam. lol

Trivia time - who was the last player to wear it in the NHL?

It was Foligno, stopped playing in the mid 90s. Before that, however was big Dave Langevin!! As a Ranger fan I hated the guy and his stupid round melon dome Northalnd helmet is seared in my memory!!!!