The Cooper Xl7 Hockey Helmet
November 21, 2006 by Tyler
Filed under Hockey Equipment
In a previous post on Cooperalls, I asked readers to help me in finding a picture of the infamous Cooper XL7 Hockey Helmet and, as usual, an NHL Digest reader has come through.
As you can see, this is the ugliest helmet of any kind ever produced. Not only that, it was probably the worst name for a helmet, or any hockey equipment for that matter.
That said, the XL7 is now the name of a Sport Utility Vehicle produced by Suzuki…which is also ugly. Someone with some authority over at Suzuki should tell them to stick to motorcycles.
So there you go. If you are producing any type of product and you want it to be at least remotely cool, don’t name it “XL7″.
National Hockey League Digest » Cooperalls on Fri, 1st Dec 2006 10:07 am
[...] If you are old enough to remember cooperalls and you are still a hockey fan, then I apologize for bringing back such traumatic memories. If you are not old enough to remember Cooperalls, then please forget you ever saw this picture of Ron Francis celebrating a goal against Pelle Lindburgh, wearing long green pants during a hockey game. If you are younger yet, the Green and White uniform was that of the Hartford Whalers, now the Carolina Hurricanes, and they didn’t win any Stanley Cups in Hartford. I think it was because of the ugly uniforms, but that is just my opinion. NHL Digest usually features a Legend of Hockey on the weekend, but I can’t help but feature the “Legend of the Cooperall” as one of the major miscues of days gone by in the National Hockey League. I would love to do a feature on the Cooper XL7 hockey helmet because it was simply the worst piece of equipment ever produced. However, I can’t seem to find finally found a picture of one. If anyone has a picture of a Cooper XL7, please let me know. I can’t wait to post an image of that hideous piece of plastic. [...]
National Hockey League Digest » Worst Hockey Equipment Roundup! on Sun, 28th Jan 2007 8:12 pm
[...] The Cooper XL7 Helmet [...]
National Hockey League Digest » Cooperalls on Sat, 24th Feb 2007 10:11 am
[...] If you are old enough to remember cooperalls and you are still a hockey fan, then I apologize for bringing back such traumatic memories of this hideous piece of hockey equipment. If you are not old enough to remember Cooperalls, then please forget you ever saw this picture of Ron Francis celebrating a goal against Pelle Lindburgh, wearing long green pants during a hockey game. If you are younger yet, the Green and White uniform was that of the Hartford Whalers, now the Carolina Hurricanes, and they didn’t win any Stanley Cups in Hartford. I think it was because of the ugly uniforms, but that is just my opinion. NHL Digest usually features a Legend of Hockey on the weekend, but I can’t help but feature the “Legend of the Cooperall” as one of the major miscues of days gone by in the National Hockey League. I would love to do a feature on the Cooper XL7 hockey helmet because it was simply the worst piece of equipment ever produced. However, I can’t seem to find finally found a picture of one. If anyone has a picture of a Cooper XL7, please let me know. I can’t wait to post an image of that hideous piece of plastic. [...]
Worst Hockey Equipment Roundup! | National Hockey League Digest on Tue, 3rd Jul 2007 3:00 am
[...] The Cooper XL7 Helmet [...]
Patrick Hankamer on Sat, 28th Jul 2007 5:08 pm
I’m actually looking for the face cage for this helmet. If anyone has one that they’d like to sell please shoot me an email at phankamer@gmail.com.
Cheers,
Patrick
Cooperalls | Hockey News | NHL Digest on Wed, 10th Oct 2007 2:34 pm
[...] it was simply the worst piece of equipment ever produced. However, I can’t seem to find finally found a picture of one. If anyone has a picture of a Cooper XL7, please let me know. I can’t wait to post an image [...]
tjackson76 on Tue, 1st Apr 2008 8:20 pm
When these helmets came out they were very popular, at first. Then every one had one, even refs. Thoes little black squares (on the side) would flip out and looked like wings but really they just adjusted the size of the helmet….. goalies seemed to look really silly wearing them.