Koho
Product typeIce hockey equipment
OwnerMonkeySports
CountryFinland
Introduced1950s by Karhu Company

Koho is a Finnish brand of ice hockey equipment, especially known for its goaltending equipment throughout the 1990s and early 2000s. The brand name is currently owned by retail chain MonkeySports, which acquired it in 2008.[1]

History

Koho 700 CA Senior Pro chest and arm protector

The Koho brand was founded by the Karhu Company in the 1950s with the launch of a line of ice hockey sticks.[2]

The company then known as Koho-Tuote was bought by Finnish conglomerate Amer Sports (then known as Amer-Yhtymä) in 1974 and sold in 1986.[3] By the mid-1970s, they started making goaltending equipment. They were one of the first companies to produce team colored pro leather leg pads for goalies as early as 1976. In the 1980s, Billy Smith, Grant Fuhr, Mario Gosselin, Kari Takko and Mike Vernon were some of the NHL goalies to use the brand. That success made Koho the largest Finnish manufacturer in the 1980s.[4]

Koho GB700 Senior Pro blocker
Koho GM700 Senior Pro trapper

In 2008, retail company MonkeySports acquired rights to the brand.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "KOHO". The Stick Guru. Archived from the original on 2020-10-21. Retrieved 2020-10-20.
  2. ↑ "The Hockey Company profile" on Reference for Business
  3. ↑ "Amer Sports history". Amer Sports. Archived from the original on 31 March 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-11.
  4. ↑ "Hockey Stick Maker Struggles in Newly Competitive Marrket (Published 1982)". 1982-03-15. Archived from the original on 2017-03-30. Retrieved 2019-10-03.
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