equipment rollerblades products hockey skates hockey sticks hockey helmets etc website kohogoalie.com ice hockey portal koho is a brand of ice hockey equipment that originated from finland . currently koho equipment is manufactured by the hockey company parent company of ccm now owned by adidas . koho is especially known for its goaltending equipment . the main endorsees instrumental to marketing the brand in the late 1990s and early 2000s included patrick roy f lix potvin jocelyn thibault tommy salo mathieu garon jean s bastien gigu re and roberto luongo . although koho had the support of high profile endorsees such as jarom r j gr the player equipment lines were comparatively unsuccessful . the brand name is currently owned by monkeysports which operates goaliemonkey.com and hockeymonkey.com . they are the exclusive retailer of the brand . beginning in the early 1990s koho offered a line of goaltending equipment called evolution . it was designed with former nhl goalie bob suave who at the time worked for koho . arturs irbe of the san jose sharks was well known for wearing this line of gear for many years . later versions of koho goal equipment were designed by goalie equipment guru michel lefebvre who started with the 530 series which were based on the pad which was sold previously under the lefebvre brand . lefebrve contracted now to develop pads to be sold exclusively through the koho brand designed the 560 570 580 and 590 series . beginning with the 560 series koho pads were designed exclusively by lefebvre and the equipment line was designed for the butterfly style of play . the 590 was the last pad that patrick roy wore during the 2002 03 season . during the 2004 world cup of hockey the original plan was to have roberto luongo premiere the koho 600 pad . however as a result of the unexpected purchase of the hockey company by reebok luongo appeared in the world cup wearing 590s . when the hockey company was purchased by reebok the koho name was momentarily dropped and replaced by reebok with the intent of eventually phasing out the koho name from its main product line . the hockey company did so previously with the heaton brand and would eventually do the same with the ccm goalie brand . koho was then delegated to a price point street hockey goalie equipment set featuring the graphic of the 570 . however on reebok s first goalie equipment lines including the rbk premier and rbk premier 2 a small tag with the koho by lefebvre logo remained as the names koho and lefebvre still had and continue to have residual market value . initially rbk was used for the pro and intermediate pro lines of equipment while reebok was reserved for all other lines senior junior and youth . when reebok discontinued the use of rbk in 2008 the rbk branding was dropped from the hockey equipment as well . when the nhl resumed play in the 2005 06 season following the lockout only one goaltender maxime ouellet of the vancouver canucks was using koho equipment . because the koho name had been dropped by the hockey company which consequently had not paid the nhl the appropriate licensing fees the koho name was not permitted to appear in a game or in any league or team media or promotional materials . nonetheless the koho name remained on ouellet s pads which was an oversight by the league . at the beginning of the 2007 08 season jonas hiller of the anaheim ducks appeared in pre season games in 580 leg pads which were white and blue matching the colors of his previous team hc davos . the koho name had actually already been removed from hiller s pads prior to the 2006 iihf world championships . by the start of the regular season hiller was wearing 580s in colors matching the ducks uniform colors . however about halfway through the season the logos were removed from his pads . in 2008 goaliemonkey.com managed to bring back the koho name to the retail market at least producing a set with the name koho 700 . the set included pads blocker glove chest protector and a composite goal stick . none of these products were actually designed by lefebvre however . they were a pad designed for the hybrid goaltender but nevertheless feel very similar to the lefebvre koho lines minus the traditional shin rolls which were never a feature of lefebvre s design . meanwhile jonas hiller began the 2008 09 season with 580s with no koho logos . about halfway through the season however hiller switched to a nearly identical pair of leg pads this time featuring the koho logos . this indicated that monkey sports inc. had successfully negotiated the licensing rights with the nhl marking koho s official return to the nhl . in 2009 rumors circulated that a new koho pad dubbed the 900 series would be produced in conjunction with michel lefebvre . at the start of the 2009 10 season hiller began play in his trademark 580s along with a blocker and catching glove with custom koho graphics thus giving credence to earlier rumors of a new koho pad . it was later revealed there was a new pad to match his blocker and catching glove but since hiller had no time to break them in after receiving them after training camp he stuck with his signature 580s . hiller debuted the koho 588 pad in the beginning of the 2010 11 season . contents 1 pro level goaltender equipment lines 1.1 currently in use 1.2 no longer available for sale 2 nhl and international goaltenders who currently use koho 3 starting goaltenders who used koho in the nhl 4 other goaltenders who used koho in the nhl 5 see also 6 external links pro level goaltender equipment lines edit koho 700 ca senior pro chest and arm protector koho gb700 senior pro blocker koho gm700 senior pro trapper currently in use edit 588 rpm lefebvre manufactured revolution pro model made specifically for jonas hiller 588 identical to the 588 rpm except it is manufactured overseas 586 price point pad no longer available for sale edit 700 manufactured exclusively for the retail market 590 patrick roy s third and final koho pad designed by lefebvre 585 unofficially designates 590 pad with the 580 graphic 580 a pad popularized by nhl stars like luongo and giguere 570 patrick roy s second koho pad designed by lefebvre 565 designates 560 pads that were manufactured at the ccm factory to accommodate the unprecedented demand of the 560 560 patrick roy s first koho pad designed by lefebvre 550 felix potvin s second exclusive koho pad 540 a price point pro level pad 530 lefebrve s first official koho pad 520 identical to the 510 with a shark graphic 510 felix potvin s first exclusive koho pad 500 worn by patrick roy from the 1995 96 to the 1997 98 seasons revolution worn by patrick roy from the 1992 93 to the 1994 95 seasons nhl and international goaltenders who currently use koho edit jonas hiller starting goaltenders who used koho in the nhl edit david aebischer tom barrasso catcher blocker stick martin biron marc denis mike dunham marc andr fleury mathieu garon jean s bastien gigu re cristobal huet art rs irbe curtis joseph miikka kiprusoff blocker only patrick lalime kari lehtonen roberto luongo f lix potvin andrew raycroft patrick roy tommy salo billy smith jocelyn thibault roman turek stick only cam ward stick only grant fuhr pads catching glove & stick other goaltenders who used koho in the nhl edit zac bierk brian boucher stick only fred brathwaite martin brochu s bastien caron catcher blocker stick fr d ric cassivi fr d ric chabot jacques cloutier stick only ty conklin dan cloutier brian eklund stick only dan ellis robert esche stick only ric fichaud john grahame stick only corey hirsch stick only jani hurme stick only pat jablonski dieter kochan vitaly kolesnik stick only evgeny konstantinov stick only jason labarbera jean fran ois labb simon lajeunesse curtis mcelhinney pre season only maxime ouellet dimitri patzold pre season only jean marc pelletier martin prusek stick only darren puppa stick only damian rhodes stick only dominic roussel philippe sauv steve shields peter skudra garth snow stick only rick tabaracci kari takko steve valiquette stick only jimmy waite kevin weekes stick only mike zanier stick only see also edit ccm the hockey company reebok hockey external links edit reebok hockey koho goalie retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title koho company & oldid 743837217 categories sporting goods manufacturers of finlandfinnish brandssporting goods brandsice hockey brands navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 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