Wally Tatomir
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Wally Tatomir (c. 1946 – September 18, 2022)[1] was a Canadian-born American equipment manager for the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League. He held four patents on ice hockey equipment. He announced his retirement on June 6, 2012.
Tatomir worked with ice hockey equipment for over 30 years. He spent many years in the Ontario Hockey League with the Windsor Spitfires and the Detroit Junior Red Wings. He was the head equipment manager for the Canadian National Junior Team at the infamous 1987 World Championship. In the NHL, he previously worked as an equipment consultant for the Los Angeles Kings and the Detroit Red Wings. He joined the Carolina Hurricanes (the then Hartford Whalers) in 1994. He won the Stanley Cup with the Hurricanes as head equipment manager for the 2005–06 NHL season.