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Fred Marsh (1934-2016) was a Canadian who worked as a Zamboni driver at various hockey arenas throughout western Canada. [2]Marsh invented the pegs in the 1980s, aiming to design a product that was both flexible enough to absorb shock when a player hit the net, yet strong enough to keep the net in place.
A set of full hockey equipment, minus jersey and socks at the Royal Ontario Museum, 2006. 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 fractures.
Vaughn Hockey (also known as Vaughn Custom Sports [1]) is a manufacturing company [2] of ice hockey equipment founded in 1982 [3] by company President Mike Vaughn. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Based out of Oxford, Michigan and London, Ontario , [ 1 ] Vaughn became one of the first major hockey production companies to use multiple foam layers in equipment.
Attempts have been made to increase the safety of bridges with pin and hanger assemblies by adding some form of redundancy to the assembly. Retrofits that add redundancy to pin and hanger assemblies include adding a "catcher's mitt"—a short steel beam attached to the bottom of the cantilevered girder that extends out beneath the suspended girder to "catch" the suspended girder should ...
The Folding Boat Equipment, abbreviated as FBE, is a light pontoon bridging equipment which was in use by the British and its colonial armies during the 20th century. [1] The equipment was introduced in 1928 and was the standard light bridge used for loads up to class 5, i.e. providing rafts or a bridge capable of transporting loads up to 5 ...
On 18 April 2008, Nike Bauer Hockey Limited was renamed the Bauer Hockey Corp. In late 2010, the owners of the Bauer Hockey Corp. formed a parent company called Bauer Performance Sports, incorporated in British Columbia. In January 2011, the company filed a prospectus for an initial public offering with the intention to raise $75 million. [16]
Carvel built or carvel planking is a method of boat building in which hull planks are laid edge to edge and fastened to a robust frame, thereby forming a smooth surface. Traditionally the planks are neither attached to, nor slotted into, each other, having only a caulking sealant between the planks to keep water out.
Hespeler is a Canadian brand of ice hockey equipment owned by the Canadian Tire Corporation through its subsidiary FGL Sports (formerly the Forzani Group Limited). The Hespeler brand originated in the Hespeler Wood Specialty Company in Hespeler, Ontario, which was founded in 1921 and produced hockey sticks. In the 1930s Hespeler was merged with ...