Evermade Hockey Co. — Engineering
Built to a
Different
Standard.
Players understood the risk. They still weren't wearing protection. The gear made them worse. We spent years in the science understanding exactly why. Now we built something different.
Every decision starts with one question: what does this do to the athlete? Not does this meet the certification. Not does this hit the price point. The athlete first. Always.
Why the gear works against you
The third period is not a fitness problem.
Elite players in peak condition measurably decline in the third period. The research is clear on why: heat accumulates across sixty minutes faster than the body can shed it. The equipment is not a passive observer of that process. It determines how much heat can leave the body.
Inside full equipment, humidity at the skin surface approaches 90%. The cold rink does not change this. The body's cooling system is working. The equipment has sealed it against itself.
That is a physics problem.
It has a materials answer.
Hockey players generate 500 to 1,000 watts of metabolic heat per shift. Sweat rates approach one liter per hour. By the third period, players are operating with a higher core temperature, greater cardiovascular strain, and a more saturated microclimate than when the game began.
Better fitness does not change the physics. Better equipment changes how much of that physics works against the athlete.
Protection Technology
Aircut
The problem: protection that costs performance
Most neck protection is built to pass a test. We built AIRCUT around a different question: what does this do to the athlete across sixty minutes?
Conventional construction is three layers. Each adds thermal mass. Each adds vapor resistance. The protective fiber absorbs sweat and grows heavier as the game progresses. Players feel it. Their response is rational. They take the gear off.
Protection not worn properly
provides no protection.
AIRCUT sheds layers and mass. 40% lighter than traditional cut protection at equivalent protection, near-zero moisture absorption. Independent third-party testing measured 106.8% greater airflow than standard woven constructions. Certified protection that works with your body to keep you cool.
HECC Type E1 Certified
ANSI/ISEA A6 Cut Resistance
Meets ISO 10256-5. Valid Until 2031.
See the difference
AIRCUT versus standard three-layer woven construction. The difference is structural. Not a claim.
Base Layer Technology
Evap Knit
The problem: synthetic fabrics fail where it matters most
Synthetic fibers move sweat. Transport alone does not cool.
Under a pad the air gap approaches zero and humidity approaches 90%. Capillary transport stalls. The fiber has nowhere to send what it collects. The body sweats more. The microclimate saturates and you get hotter.
Natural fibers engage moisture
before sweat forms.
EVAP KNIT absorbs perspiration at the vapor stage through fiber chemistry, not airflow. It functions at zero air gap under full pad pressure. In the third period, when it matters most.
Synthetic performance degrades with washing. EVAP KNIT's performance is built into yarn architecture. It cannot be washed out or abraded away. Day one performance matches the end of the season.
Natural fiber construction. Zero-twist yarn architecture. Performance built into the architecture. Not applied. Not temporary.
Shop Evap KnitWe have identified the next measurements needed before stronger claims can be made. We are pursuing them. A company that knows what it still needs to measure understands the limits of its own evidence.
The standard we hold ourselves to does not change.
The work continues.
Evermade Hockey Co.