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Athletic Republic and USA Hockey Partner Up Athletic Republic recently announced a new strategic partnership with USA Hockey. Specifically, the three-year contract will provide Athletic Republic's patented equipment and science-based, hockey-specific training programs to the 46 members of the federation's U17 and U18 National Team Development Program (USNTDP). Scott Monaghan, Director of Hockey Operations for USNTDP, added his perspective on the partnership: "The National Team Development Program is a cutting-edge program which strives to make our American players the best on the world stage. The Athletic Republic Hockey Treadmill is the type of cutting-edge technology that will help our players continue their string of five consecutive medal performances at the Under-18 World Championships, and help them to reach their personal goals for success in college and professional hockey." Athletic Republic is an industry leader in performance sports training, with programs appropriate for athletes of all ages. Founded in 1990 on the continuing research of exercise physiologist John Frappier, M.S., and Stephen C. Swanson, M.S., Athletic Republic's training programs are available at more than 160 facilities throughout North America, United Kingdom and Japan. For more information about Athletic Republic, visit athleticrepublic.com. Hired By Sport Systems Unlimited Sport Systems Unlimited Corp. of Waterloo, Ontario, one of the leading manufacturers of arena board systems in the world, announced that RecSporT Products Ltd. of Delta, B.C., has been appointed their new representative for British Columbia and several Northwest states. RecSporT is owned and operated by Perry Coleman, who has more than 30 years experience working in the sports industry, including 17 years in hockey player equipment sales and distribution and 16 years in the design, manufacture and sales of hockey facilities equipment throughout North America. "After researching companies and products throughout the dasher board industry, I have concluded that Sport Systems Unlimited is a progressive company with the best, most innovative product offering that I have seen," commented Coleman. "I am pleased to be working with a company such as this, and with a group of people that brings the future of hockey and soccer board systems to the market today, building what I feel truly are 'The World's Best Dasher Boards'." "Adding Perry to the Sport Systems Unlimited sales team is another very important piece of the puzzle as we continue to build on our established base and grow our market share in Canada and the United State," commented David Staines, Director of Sales & Marketing. "We've been in need of great representation in this territory for some time; this move will allow us to bring what we feel are the best board systems in the world into a thriving Pacific Northwest market." Perry Coleman can be reached at 604-581-0043 or by email at Perry@RecSporTproducts.com. For more information about Sport Systems Unlimited Corp., contact David Staines, Director of Sales & Marketing, at 1-877-778-5911 (ext 33) or log on to SportSystemsCorp.com. Temperature Typo In the article "Keeping Your Cool," in the May/June issue of RINK it was reported that "the [refrigeration monitoring] unit has a temperature range of 66 to 302 degrees F." The accurate range is (minus) -66 to 302 degrees F. 8 R INK MAGAZ INE July/august 2008 Industry news ■ News & notes from around the rink industry. ATHLETIC REPUBLIC

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