Flow Motion Technology Announces Results of Brock University Skate Performance Testing

Flow Motion Technology is thrilled to announce the results of Brock University’s comparative study of the technology’s performance on ice hockey skates.

ÖSTERSUND, SWEDEN – Flow Motion Technology, with its revolutionary technology integrated into the Marsblade i2 hockey blade holder, is thrilled to announce the results of Brock University’s comparative study of the Marsblade i2s.

In early 2023, Brock University and George Brown College, Ontario, Canada conducted a study analyzing the performance of Marsblade I2 blade holders with dynamic pitch versus traditional holders with fixed pitch on hockey-specific skating skills. Testing was conducted by Kelly Lockwood, Ph.D., a professor at Brock University and President of the Skating Lab Inc.

The pitch angle is the angle between the player’s foot and the ice. A conventional rigid holder has a fixed pitch angle and the rocking blade holder of the Flow Motion Technology equipped Marsblade I2s provide a dynamic pitch angle, giving the skater a range of pitch angles throughout their strides.

The Brock study concluded that the players used less force to maintain the same velocity in all tested scenarios, when skating on the Marsblade I2s. The Brock study supports the contribution of a dynamic pitch to skating efficiency. See results summary below or click here for Brock University’s analysis.

“We are thankful to Dr. Lockwood and her staff for the time and attention to detail while performing the study,” says Per Mårs, Founder of Flow Motion Technology and Marsblade. “We are proud that the study confirmed the correlation of dynamic pitch angles of the I2s to skating efficiency. Current player feedback also supports the study results and we are humbled by the increasing number of pro players making the switch to the I2 blade holders.”

USED IN ALL MAJOR HOCKEY LEAGUES
Flow Motion Technology equipped blade holders are currently represented in all major hockey leagues in the world (NHL, AHL, OHL, WHL, SHL, DEL), and used by players such as; Brandon Carlo (Boston), Jack Drury (Carolina), Mikael Backlund (Calgary), Oliver Bonk (Canada WJC-24, London Knights), Gustav Nyquist (Nashville), Connor Murphy (Chicago), Mackenzie Entwistle (Chicago), Kevin Stenlund (Florida), Markus Sylvegård (current leading scorer SHL, Växjö), Andreas Thuresson (point scorer winner DEL 2023).