Toronto, August 30, 2019 — Tydan Performance Blades has signed an exclusive agreement with Finland-based GoaliePro Consulting Oy to be the distributor for all Tydan products in Europe.

GoaliePro has now made Tydan products available for all its existing European dealers and welcome new dealers to join the program and begin offering the Tydan family of performance blades & custom service.

Tyler Usselman
Owner
Tydan Performance Blades

Tony Ropponen
Director
GoaliePro Consulting Oy

Tydan product lines

Tydan Performance Blades are available in four categories for both player and goalie skates. These categories are:

• TYDAN Stainless Edge
• TYDAN Mirror Finish
• TYDAN Titanium Edge (TiN)
• TYDAN Carbon Edge (DLC)

Each category has its own unique features and together they provide dealers a full program with price points starting from standard skate manufacturers range to absolute highest quality in the hockey industry.

TYDAN Stainless Edge

Tydan’s basic blade is made from extremely high-quality stainless steel providing already an upgraded blade from majority of the standard blades that ship with the skates. Our stainless Edge series blades have also been put through an extensive heat treating and finishing process to make them even tougher.

• Added height for sharper turns & faster acceleration. Better attack angles & stronger push-offs
• Tougher than the majority of standard blades
• Retains edges longer
• Withstands more abuse

TYDAN Mirror Finish

This model is an upgraded version of the Stainless Edge series TYDAN blades. This blade is named after its looks as it goes through an additional polishing & buffing process that removes any micro fractures and imperfections from the steel.

• Added height for sharper turns & faster acceleration. Better attack angles & stronger push-offs
• Even stronger than original Stainless Edge series blades

TYDAN Titanium Edge (TiN)

Tydan’s Titanium Edge series blades are produced with DLC process (see below) that enables us to manufacture blades which will outperform traditionally manufactured products.

In this series of blades, the coating material used is Titanium Nitride (TiN) which gives these blades shine golden color as well.

• Added height for sharper turns & faster acceleration. Better attack angles & stronger push-offs
• 2 x better edge retention compared to Tydan Stainless Edge series blades
• Extreme hardness provides low friction that gives extremely good gliding conditions

TYDAN Carbon Edge (DLC)

Carbon Edge series is the highest quality set of blades Tydan offers. These blades are manufactured using the same DLC process (see below) as Titanium Edge (TiN) series blades. In this series actual carbon is used to coat the blades to give them the hardest possible surface suitable for hockey blades.

• Added height for sharper turns & faster acceleration. Better attack angles & stronger push-offs
• 4 x better edge retention compared to Tydan Stainless Edge series blades
• Extreme hardness provides the lowest possible friction and best possible gliding conditions

TYDAN DLC Manufacturing process

The name DLC comes from the manufacturing process – Diamond-Like-Carbon coatings. This is the process we use for our 2 top blade series, Titanium Edge and Carbon Edge series.

Tydan has been able to use company’s extensive experience in metal handling processes to tailor the same coating technologies to the hockey blades that were originally developed exclusively for aerospace industry.

Best possible results are achieved with the combination of the Tydan’ s Rubic PECVD equipment and low temperatures used to deposit the coating layers accurately. For coating we use Titanium Nitride (TiN) for Titanium Edge series and Carbon for DLC series.

Personal TYDAN touch

Tydan now offers full customization that includes team logos, player names, numbers and of course profiling & sharpening.

All logos, numbers and names are applied at Tydan’s factory in Ontario, Canada and profiling & sharpening is done in Espoo, Finland.

Widely adopted by world’s top professionals

Tydan’s best references are the numerous top pro teams and players that use our blades. Some examples of the players using Tydan blades are:

• Olli Määttä, Chicago Blackhawks
• Auston Matthews, Toronto Maple Leafs
• K. Subban, New Jersey Devils
• Dougie Hamilton, Carolina Hurricanes

Most NHL teams are using Tydan blades as well, including:

• Anaheim Ducks
• Buffalo Sabres
• Carolina Hurricanes
• Colorado Avalanche
• Dallas Stars
• Edmonton Oilers
• Florida Panthers
• Los Angeles Kings
• Minnesota Wild
• Nashville Predators
• New Jersey Devils
• Philadelphia Flyers
• Pittsburgh Penguins
• Tampa Bay Lightning
• Toronto Maple Leafs
• Vancouver Canucks
• Vegas Golden Knights
• Washington Capitals

Become a TYDAN dealer in Europe:

We have built a program for European hockey dealers with a support program and good margins. As our program grows, we will also build up our European stock to expedite shipments.

Contact:

GoaliePro Consulting Oy
Upseerinkatu 1
FI-02600 Espoo, Finland

Tony Ropponen
tony.ropponen (at) goaliepro.com
+358 505 169 393

Jukka Ropponen
jukka.ropponen (at) goaliepro.com
+358 400 423 910