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The brand was founded by the Karhu Company in the 1950s, launching a line of ice hockey sticks. By the mid 1970s they started making goaltending equipment. They were one of the first companies to produce team colored pro leather leg pads for goalies as early as 1976. In the 1980s Billy Smith, HOCKEY STICK MAKER STRUGGLES IN NEWLY COMPETITIVE MARRKET
''The New York Times'', 15 March 1982
In 2008, retail company GoalieMonkey acquired rights to the brand.
Finnish
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* Something or someone from, or related to Finland
* Culture of Finland
* Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland
* Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people
* Finnish cuisine
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brand
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of ice hockey equipment
In ice hockey, players use specialized equipment both to facilitate the play of the game and for protection as this is a sport where injuries are common, therefore, all players are encouraged to protect their bodies from bruises and severe fractu ...
, especially known for its goaltending equipment throughout the 1990s and early 2000s. The brand name is currently owned by retail
Retail is the sale of goods and services to consumers, in contrast to wholesaling, which is sale to business or institutional customers. A retailer purchases goods in large quantities from manufacturers, directly or through a wholesaler, and t ...
chain MonkeySports
MonkeySports is a retailer in the sporting goods industry, focused on selling ice hockey, lacrosse, and baseball/softball equipment. It is a private company originating in 1999, with John Naaman as the founder and CEO and Tom Arnold as the CFO. It ...
, which acquired it in 2008.Kohoon The Stick Guru
History
The brand was founded by the Karhu Company in the 1950s, launching a line of ice hockey sticks. By the mid 1970s they started making goaltending equipment. They were one of the first companies to produce team colored pro leather leg pads for goalies as early as 1976. In the 1980s Billy Smith, Grant Fuhr
Grant Scott Fuhr (born September 28, 1962) is a Canadian former ice hockey goaltender in the National Hockey League and former goaltending coach for the Arizona Coyotes, who is best remembered for a decade of stellar play for the Edmonton Oilers i ...
, Mario Gosselin, Kari Takko
Kari Maurits Takko (born 23 June 1962) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey goaltender. He played in the National Hockey League between 1986 and 1991, and in the Finnish SM-liiga between 1979 and 1985, and again from 1991 to 1997. Internati ...
and Mike Vernon were some of the NHL
The National Hockey League (NHL; french: Ligue nationale de hockey—LNH, ) is a professional ice hockey league in North America comprising 32 teams—25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. It is considered to be the top ranked professional ...
goalies to use the brand. That success made Koho the largest Finnish manufacturer in the 1980s.''The New York Times'', 15 March 1982
In 2008, retail company GoalieMonkey acquired rights to the brand.
See also
*CCM (The Hockey Company)
CCM Hockey is a Canadian brand of ice hockey equipment. CCM (formerly an initialism for Canada Cycle & Motor Co. Ltd.) was held by two separate entities both maintaining the CCM trademark, one (Reebok-CCM by Adidas, formerly "The Hockey Company ...
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