Behind the mask Ex-goalie starts up his own company
04.02.12
“I grew up playing
hockey in the LHA (Livonia
Hockey Association) and always had a passion for the game,” said the 29-year-old, who manufactures and sells
hockey goalie masks from his parents' home in Livonia. In 2008, Kevin Marlowe and his father Dave, who works in sales as an associate publisher for Motor Information Systems, started the goalie mask company on the side — it's named 21Àö Degrees, L. L. C. After graduating from Wayne State, Marlowe sold industrial rags for a year before moving on to his current job at Aerotech, a job placement company that does recruiting and staffing. When Kevin Marlowe decided to start his own
hockey company, he drew from experience. “I've always had a passion for hockey — just filling out my notebooks and designing the equipment I wanted and coloring the equipment.
Source: Hometownlife.com
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