Sunday 28 May 2017

Internationals rocking different TK colourways

We all know that sponsorship is supposed to give unique perks to those who receive it because of their hard work in their sport and representation as the face of the brand for those in the community, so it doesn't really come as a surprise that top internationals and the best in the world (like TK sponsored David Harte - best voted goalie two years in a row) get to use some alternative colouring.

I was going to post this ages ago when Gucasoff was the only light blue TK pad wearing goalie around, but it has been a while since then, and James Bailey is now wearing them (Tommy Alexander was too before wearing the new Mercian range he had a hand in developing).


Obviously this aspect of goalie kit aside from goalie kit nerds like myself, would be more appreciated in ice hockey, where goalies obssess over the different choice of pad colours and designs, but it is at least good to see some variation, with Harte's light orange foam kit on display in the Hoofdklasse playoffs. The P1 range has its striking black and red colourway design as its main for us in England, and gets a bit more variation over in Holland, but as always the best goalies get to have all the fun!


2 comments:

  1. David Harte just uses the standard red pads, and Gucassoff uses the standard blue ones.. apart from the straps and blocker there's nothing custom to it.

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  2. They might be standard in Holland etc. but English goalies have historically only been able to get the different colourways through direct sponsorship rather than retail.

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