Itech is a Canadian brand of ice hockey equipment owned Bauer Hockey. The brand was created by former NHL player Robin Burns in 1984 and was manufactured by his company Itech Sports Products Inc. In 2004, his company merged with Mission Hockey to form Mission-Itech Hockey, which continued to produce Itech products until its purchase in 2008 by Bauer. Since 2009, the name has been absent from the hockey market.
In 1984, Burns stepped down as president of the ice skate manufacturer Micron and started his own company, Itech Sports Products Inc., in Kirkland, Quebec. Initially, Burns set up the company to design and produce plastic face shield. At an old-timers game in the early 1980s, Burns was clipped in the face with a stick. After the game, he said to Red Storey that he would "have some sort of protective mask designed by that time next year."[1] Burns's design went into production shortly after he started the company, and was soon adopted widely in the NHL.
Itech diversified beyond hockey when in 2002 it purchased the Cooper baseball assets from Irwin Toy.[2]
In 2004, Burns merged Itech with Mission Hockey, which was based in California, to form Mission-Itech Hockey Ltd.[3] For the next four years, the company continued to produce equipment under both brands. In the fall of 2008, Bauer purchased Mission-Itech.[4] After the acquisition, Bauer continued to sell Itech equipment for a short time before phasing out the brand in 2009.
Referencesedit
^Deirdre McMurdy, "Former NHLer among stars in visor market," Montreal Gazette, (29 January 2004), B4.
^"I-Tech Sport purchases Cooper Baseball from Irwin," Globe and Mail, (29 November 2002), B6.
^"Itech, Mission Hockey team up," Montreal Gazette, (5 May 2004), B5.
^Flavelle, Dana (25 September 2008). "Bauer, Mission-Itech create a hockey gear behemoth". Toronto Star. p. B1.
March 17, 2024
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