Steve McKichan - Tilt Fly Pad Design

Originally Posted by butterflyattack

A guy at my local hockey shop told me that Reebok hockey is for sale, because they're actually losing tons of money, and that in 2 years they're going back to the KOHO name, it's probably not true but interesting nonetheless.

You know...I could actually see that happening down the road too. I don't see them selling it so much as I do seeing them just bring back the Koho name...especially for the higher end equipment lines. I'm almost certain that Nike did the exact same thing as well. I honestly do not think that Nike just up and sold the line back to Bauer...I'm pretty sure that Nike still has their hands involved somehow.

Currently, the only hard shell protective equipment a goalie wears is the mask. The puck does deflect and fly off with high speed.
The problem I see with this design is pad rotation and how the pads are going to be when the goalie is not in the butterfly position. Currently, your pads are perpendicular with the legs while standing. When a butterfly goalie goes down, the knee angles down into the landing gear, but the pads rotate such that the front of the pads are facing the front instead of down into the ice. What would force the pads into a 15 degree angle is to create flat surface on the inside of the leg and make a solid wedge molded on the inside section. but what's going to hold that angle considering butterfly goalie's wear their pads loose in order for pad rotation to occur. What is going to prevent a hard shot from skipping over and in, like getting handcuffed on a slap shot to the upper area of the wrist pad of your trapper?

I think it would be better for the pad to have a 0 degree angle so the goalie won't have issues if 1) he is a hybrid goalie, 2) goalie won't have issues when it comes to pad rotation, 3) better mobility, 4) no problems regarding thigh rise design and goalie will not need to readapt their style to close the five-hole. There would be no patent to get a 0 degree solid front pad though. It's design and functionality is the same as soft front pads. But, a carbon fiber leg pad made with current high-density padding would decrease weight which would make the goalie faster. Can you imagine a one and a half pound leg pad?