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Hockey equipment brands’ quest for lighter goalie pads

By Leo Scaglione Jr.July 6, 2018

What happens when you eliminate leather straps and start using improved foams?

Well, if you’re talking about hockey goalie pads, specifically leg pads, they become lighter.

It’s as simple as that. Except it’s not so simple — these changes are considered successful only if performance and durability aren’t sacrificed.

That’s a constant battle for some of the top manufacturers of goalie pads. It’s also a battle they win, time and time again.

Take CCM, for example. The company just released its lightest pad series ever — the Premier II. But not before trying to figure out what works and what doesn’t.

“We played with the combination of our high-density and low-density foams, and integrated what we call rate-sensitive foam, which is in the first layer of the pad and offers the maximum rebound,” said Mathieu Filiatrault-Giroux, product manager at CCM.

Tags: Bauer, Brian’s Custom Sports, CCM, Equipment, goalie, Lightweight, Pads, Sports Etc.

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