What company owns brand of goal tending equipment endorsed by former head coach of the Colorado Avalanche?
Koho (company) 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 throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, included Arturs Irbe, Patrick Roy, Félix Potvin, Jocelyn Thibault, Tommy Salo, Mathieu Garon, Jean-Sébastien Giguère and Roberto Luongo. Although Koho had the support of high-profile endorsees such as Jaromír Jágr, 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.
Mike Eaves Michael Gordon Eaves (born June 10, 1956) is a Canadian American former NHL player and the current head coach of the St. Olaf College men's hockey team. He is the former head coach of the Wisconsin Badgers men's ice hockey team. Eaves appeared in 324 NHL regular season games between 1978 and 1985, and has coached since 1985. His father, Cecil Eaves, is a former University of Denver ice hockey and football player who became a professor and hockey coach at Ohio State and the University of Windsor. Eaves is also the father of current Anaheim Ducks forward Patrick Eaves, retired SM-Liiga Jokerit forward Ben Eaves and brother of former NHL player Murray Eaves.