Product Criticism
Some Cooper products met with limited consumer acceptance. A hockey pant and girdle called Cooperalls, Cooper shin pads, and the Cooper XL7 helmet have been named by critics among the worst hockey products of all time. They were designed by Steve Copeland and Len Clement of Cooper Design Group. Though used in the National Hockey League, the Cooper XL7 helmet met with particular criticism as being unsafe because of a plastic clip that could break upon face checking or puck impacts, detaching the faceguard. (This same faceguard is now prized among collectors for its use in the construction of replicas of Crow T. Robot, the puppet robot from the 1990s television series Mystery Science Theater 3000.)
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