Tuff-n-Lite Hockey Blog

Team PEI protected by Tuff-n-Lite Hockey at Canada Games

2011-02-10T04:14:00.000-08:00

We are proud to be protecting team PEI at the Canada Games. Good luck to the boys, head coach Kenny MacDougall and assistant coach Jeff MacDonald!

Mike Modano

2011-02-08T05:24:00.000-08:00

After undergoing surgery to repair a severed tendon in his right wrist, Detroit Red Wings forward Mike Modano will be out indefinitely.

Modano, who had had two goals and six assists for Detroit before sustaining the injury, will now have to consider whether or not it's time to call it a career after 20 seasons in the NHL.

Although manager Ken Holland indicated in an interview with mlive.com that the surgery was successful, doctors are still not sure just how long Modano could be out for.

"A guy lost his balance and a skate came up and Mike was sort of stretched out and the skate got under the glove and did significant damage. The doctor wants to give it a little time to see how he heals. It's a significant injury and it's going to take a significant period of time."

Head coach Mike Babcock explained the impact that the injury will have on Modano and on the team when he said, "The loss for the team is one thing, but the loss for him, the playing time and to get orientated and get ready. But it's important he doesn't lose touch with the team and stays involved and keeps coming to grips with how we play and what we do, because that'll help him.

"The commitment he's going to have to make off-ice is going to be as big as he's ever made in his career. Because when you arrive back, everything's going 900 miles an hour. It's different when you're 25, than when you're 35. Those are challenges for him."

Modano is in fact 40, and after a signing with Detroit during the off-season after a tremendous career with the Dallas Stars, and making him the all-time leader among American-born players, it could well be time for Modano to call it a career. How his healing process goes could go a long way in determining what kind of decision Modano makes concerning his future.

Montreal Canadiens Pierre Gervais deserves a pat on the back

2011-02-04T11:15:00.000-08:00

http://www.faceoff.com/hockey/nhlnews/Gervais+deserves+back/4216724/story.html

Tuff-n-Lite Hockey Official Cut Resistant Protection of The Canadian Women's Hockey League

2011-02-04T03:21:00.000-08:00

Tuff-n-LIte Hockey is excited to announce their sponsorship and association with the Canadian Women's Hockey League. All league players will be skating in Tuff-n-Lite Hockey protection. Olympic Gold Medalists, Caroline Ouelette, Kim St-Pierre and Sarah Vaillancourt are just a few of the elite players in the Canadian Women's Hockey League.
www.cwhl.ca

TNLH Prez on Hockeyville

2011-01-11T13:20:00.000-08:00

Tuff-n-Lite Hockey founder and president David Nerman will be featured on CBC Hockeyville Feb.12. Having been an actor for 24 years, Nerman is recognized in Canada as "Albert" the manservant in the long running Kraft Philly cream cheese commercials. CBC will be talking with him about going from in front of the camera to protecting players at all levels of hockey and his passion for the game.

Henrik Sedin another pro wearing Tuff-n-Lite Hockey

2010-12-23T17:54:00.000-08:00

Vancouver Canucks star Henrik Sedin loves wearing the pro thin Tuff-n-Lite Hockey cut resistant skate socks!

Michal Handzus wearing cut resistant skate socks

2010-12-23T17:26:00.001-08:00

NHL Los Angeles King center Michal Handzus is skating with Tuff-n-Lite Hockey protection!

MARTIN BRODEUR WEARING TUFF-N-LITE HOCKEY SKATE SOCKS

2010-12-21T18:23:00.000-08:00

New Jersey Devils Brodeur, Clarkson, White and Langenbrunner are all wearing Tuff-n-Lite Hockey gear!

Dion Phaneuf now wearing Tuff-n-LIte Hockey protection

2010-12-06T16:30:00.000-08:00

Dion Phaneuf: Underware model?

From safer stockings to protective longjohns, Dion Phaneuf is taking no chances when it comes to avoiding being sliced open again.

Having been out more than a month after being seriously gashed behind the knee by the skate of Ottawa’s Peter Regin during a Nov. 2 game at the Air Canada Centre, the Maple Leafs captain is testing a variety of preventative equipment options he hopes will keep history from repeating itself.

“I’ve suffered cuts twice in three years that have kept me out of action for extended periods of time so I’m open to anything that will help,” Phaneuf said in the ACC press box during the second intermission of the Leafs-Boston Bruins game Saturday night.

“I think it’s important, especially at the grass-roots level. I remember when they made neck guards a requirement in minor hockey. Maybe some day some of this equipment will help too.”

Various companies including Nike and Tuff-N-Lite Hockey are working on projects to do just that.

Phaneuf has been working out with socks he says “are not cut proof but are more cut resistant.” He also is having long underwear made that should have the same protective effect.

“It’s personal preference for every player,” he said. “But at least these things will give me a fighting chance.”

Given what Phaneuf has been through, that’s all he can ask for.

Modano wrist laceration

2010-12-04T15:13:00.000-08:00

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Mike Modano undergoes surgery on lacerated wrist.

2010-11-29T03:51:00.001-08:00

Detroit Red Wings forward Mike Modano has undergone surgery after suffering a laceration from a skate blade on his right wrist during a game against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Friday night. The veteran will be out of the lineup indefinitely depending on the progress of his recovery.

Modano left the game against Columbus with about six minutes left in the second period. He returned to Detroit following the game. The surgery was performed this morning at the Detroit Medical Center.

Modano's injury included one severed tendon and slight damage to a nerve.

Modano, 40, signed a one-year contract with the Red Wings over the summer after playing his entire career with the Dallas Stars franchise.

The Michigan native has two goals and six assists in 20 games this season.

Kevlar hot and uncomfortable - GM Toronto Maple Leafs

2010-11-04T04:42:00.000-07:00

This is from an article quoting Brian Burke re Kevlar skate socks:

"We do have a number of players wearing (them). I know the reaction of (some of ) the guys who tried them was that they're very hot uncomfortably warm."

They should be wearing Tuff-n-Lite Hockey skate socks!

Columbus Blue Jackets Prospect Will Weber Has Throat Slashed By Skate

2010-10-26T05:27:00.000-07:00

Jackets prospect's throat slashed
By QMI Agency

Columbus Blue Jackets prospect Will Weber had his throat slashed by a skate during a U.S. collegiate game on the weekend.

Weber, a defenceman with the Miami (Ohio) Redhawks who was taken by the Blue Jackets in the second round of the 2007 draft, had his neck cut by a skate during the first period of Saturday's game against Northern Michigan.

The 6-foot-4, 225-pound blueliner from Gaylord, Mich., underwent surgery to close the gash on the left side of his neck, just under his chin line, at a hospital in Cincinnati. The wound required more than 100 stitches and 15 staples to close.

"It was a pretty close call," Weber told the Gaylord Herald Times. "I was in surgery for about an hour. Everything went well, it was apparently just a cut through the muscle and it nicked an artery. I am going back to Cincinnati Friday to see what my recovery timetable will be."

David Nerman of Tuff N' Lite Hockey TV Interview (French)

2010-10-13T13:48:00.000-07:00

Direct Link: Le président de Tuff N'Lite présente un bas de hockey qui résiste aux coupures de patins

Clearance From NHL -Press Release

2010-10-08T04:11:00.000-07:00

MONTREAL, Sept. 27 /PRNewswire/ - Tuff-N-Lite(TM) Hockey, based in Montreal, Canada, today announced that its' unique line of cut-resistant skate socks has received clearance for use in NHL games, by the National Hockey League.

The specialty protective equipment company has continued to grow, since launching an innovative line of high-performance, cut-resistant garments in 2009, that provide key protection for hockey players, that traditional equipment does not.

Tuff-N-Lite(TM) Hockey protective hockey socks are already being used by a number of NHL hockey players, including Travis Moen of the Montreal Canadiens, who was protected from sustaining a potential career-ending injury last season.

Key benefits of Tuff-N-Lite(TM) Hockey skate socks include:

- The products essentially look, feel and stretch like athletic socks,
while offering prevention of potential career-threatening injuries.
- Tuff-N-Lite(TM) Hockey skate socks use Tuff-N-Lite Cool(TM) patented
technology, that conducts heat away from players, keeping them
comfortable and dry throughout the game.
- Tuff-N-Lite(TM) Hockey garments use light, breathable fabrics, which
are not woven, so they stretch in all directions, increasing player
comfort.
- Tuff-N-Lite(TM) Hockey is the first supplier in the industry to use
Micro-Texpur(R) technology, which is an eco-green antimicrobial agent.
The innovative technologies and patents created and used to-date, for the first generation of protective gear are also currently being utilized to develop other leading protection for professional and amateur hockey players and hockey enthusiasts alike, including: wrist guards, goalie leg tubes and slash guards, among others.

Products are currently available (USA) online and distributed by Arrow Hockey and Sports Corp.

Products are currently available (Canada) at select retailers including Source For Sports, Pro Hockey Life, Hockey Experts, Sports Rousseau, and Play It Again Sports.

New Products launched

2010-08-24T06:26:00.000-07:00

The full length cut resistant goalie leg tube and slash guard powered by Zoombang are now for sale on our site!

CUT RESISTANT GOALIE TUBE

2010-07-29T09:15:00.000-07:00

Our antimicrobial treatment kills STAPH infection on contact

2010-07-28T04:36:00.000-07:00

Things we never think of! I love playing the game and never think about catching some deadly infection. I had a parent come up to me recently when I was showing our socks to a team. She told me her son had nearly died when he contracted a STAPH infection. Being a parent myself, this really got to me as her son is now my son's age. I work with some of the most talented people I have met that make my products. They also invented Micro-Texpur the Eco-Green antimicrobial that we treat all our gear with. Micro-Texpur kills STAPH on contact. We keep striving to be the best not only in cut resistant protection, but also in giving players protection from the things they can't see. Please take the time and read about Micro-Texpur.
We have your best interest in mind.
Cheers
David

Full Length Cut Resistant GOALIE TUBE

2010-07-21T04:44:00.000-07:00

The team at Tuff-n-Lite Hockey are very excited to introduce our latest innovative product! We had been asked to design a piece for goalies and are launching our full leg goalie tube in a couple of weeks. The same high performance fibers that are in our socks are used in this ankle to mid-thigh leg tube. It will be one size and for the younger goalies they can fold down any extra material so that it fits. Bonus is as they grow into those strapping 6'2 goalies we can never score on, it will still fit. I have designed the leg tube to be used with a garter system or under a compression short. Having spoken to NHL trainers and finding out most goalies wear garters. that is how I went about designing it. Feel free to get in touch with me at david@tuffnlitehockey.com if you would like more info.
Cheers
David

Manitoba Moose Make Tuff-n-Lite Hockey Skate Sock Mandatory

2010-07-20T02:54:00.000-07:00

The Vancouver Canucks farm team, the Manitoba Moose of the AHL will be skating in our protective gear this up-coming season.
They are the first AHL team to make protective skate socks mandatory for their players. They compared our Tuff-n-Lite skate socks to others on the market made of Kevlar and we were chosen to protect all the players. Their goalies will be wearing our new full length cut resistant ankle to mid-thigh goalie leg tubes.
We are proud to be have been chosen'

Too many young players getting cut!

2010-06-14T06:34:00.000-07:00

I started this "quest" of making a cut resistant protective skate sock when I saw an NHL player get cut and almost have his career ended. That was my "blink" - my eureka moment. I just got back from some shows in Toronto and met coaches and parents of young kids and teens who have been cut. Pisses me off that it happened to them. Really does. Happened before there were cut resistant skate socks. I am a dad and would do anything to protect my son. My protective socks will prevent serious injuries to players and just as the NY Rangers have made my sock mandatory, the minor hockey associations should be looking to do the same. We really have to step up and work at making sure all our kids are wearing this protective gear just as they have to wear a helmet and neck guard. PLEASE if you are an association get in touch with me and lets work together! As parents we ahve to educate the boards there are new innovative options protective options out there.
There, you have my rant and venting. Hearing the stories and seeing the scars really bothered me....let's see what we can do to prevent further injuries.
Cheers
David

June 11th and 12th at OMHA Consumer Show in Toronto

2010-05-27T15:44:00.000-07:00

We will be at the OMHA consumer show in Toronto June 11 and June 12th. Come by and see our innovative cut resistant protection and our new cut resistant slash guard!

Tuff-n-Lite Hockey attending OHL trainers conference June 8

2010-05-27T15:42:00.000-07:00

Tuff-n-Lite Hockey will be at the OHL trainers convention in Toronto June 8th.

We will come to your team in the Montreal area

2010-05-13T05:06:00.000-07:00

If your team is in the Montreal area and you would like us to come and explain our innovative technology to the parents and players, please contact us. We give team discounts.

Tuff-n-Lite Hockey protective skate socks work for Michael Cammalleri

2010-05-11T04:45:00.000-07:00

Michael Cammalleri says the protective skate socks helped him avoid serious injury.
"I had a blade go right through my boot," Cammalari said pointing to his ankle. "when I took it off, there was a red mark, but no cut."

Our protective skate socks have protected two NHLer's from serious injury.

Our mission is to protect all players at all levels from skate cuts.