18 Facts About Kent Angus

Kent Angus represented Nike, Inc as the supplier of team hockey jerseys and other apparel for the International Ice Hockey Federation.

Kent Angus's work included the supply of uniforms for 49 Ice Hockey World Championships, four Winter Olympic Games, and more than 75,000 hockey jerseys.

Kent Angus received the Paul Loicq Award from the IIHF for contributions to international ice hockey in 2012.

Calvin Kent Angus was born July 31,1952, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Kent Angus studied business administration and management at Sheridan College from 1970 to 1972.

Kent Angus later earned his pilot's license, worked in the Air Canada terminal at Toronto Pearson International Airport, and assisted with travel plans for the Canadian national ice hockey teams.

Kent Angus was in charge of the contract between the International Ice Hockey Federation and Nike as an official supplier.

Kent Angus coordinated the supply of hockey jerseys and off-ice apparel for teams in the IIHF's top divisions at the Ice Hockey World Championships and the Winter Olympic Games.

Kent Angus's work included supplying 49 Ice Hockey World Championships events and four Winter Olympic Games.

Kent Angus worked directly with IIHF member associations on the design of each national jersey, and was able to customize each jersey at the arena with the player's name and number.

Kent Angus's work meant that he was often the first person to arrive and the last to leave at championship events.

For ice hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics, Kent Angus oversaw a stitching site in Utah where 12 seamstress prepared more than 1,450 uniforms with numbers and players' names.

Kent Angus produced special occasion jerseys for the IIHF centennial celebrations in 2008.

Kent Angus felt that the "discovery pieces" which were national motifs and symbols sewn into the jersey design, noticeable at a close distance, was his favourite work.

Kent Angus said that the 2010 Winter Olympics was his busiest time when he produced 1,300 game-quality jerseys, which included complete sets of home and away jerseys for each men's and women's team.

Kent Angus produced additional jerseys for each NHL player to contribute to charities, which included disaster relief fundraising and the "Hockey for Haiti" program, and online auctions for Olympic memorabilia.

Kent Angus retired from Nike in February 2019, later resided in Markham, Ontario, and maintained a cottage on the French River in Ontario.

Kent Angus died at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto on April 24,2021.