Cyclone Taylor Sports

Cyclone Taylor Sports is Canada's most established hockey equipment retailer opening our doors in Vancouver over half a century ago, in 1957. Fred Taylor Jr. opened Cyclone Taylor Sports in honour of his famous father, hockey legend, Cyclone Taylor.Fred 'Cyclone' Taylor was one of hockey's first superstars. In 1908, Lord Grey, the Governor General of Canada was so impressed with Fred's skating ability he likened him to a 'cyclone' and the name stuck for the remainder of Fred's life. Cyclone Taylor played in four Stanley Cup Championships during his 18 years of professional hockey. He won The Cup in 1909 with Ottawa and again in 1915 with the Vancouver Millionaires. Throughout his career, he earned a reputation as one of the greatest hockey players of all time, a keen but fair competitor and an exemplary sportsman. He was also the highest paid professional athlete at that time. He was inducted into Canada's Hockey Hall of Fame in 1947. Fred 'Cyclone' Taylor passed away in 1979 at the age of 94.Mark Taylor, grandson of Cyclone, also became a professional hockey player.