Red Kirkby has never been one to be supersticious or one to be attached to a particular piece of equipment. In fact he generally replaces his equipment as often as feasibly possible as due to the heavy aerobic nature of ice hockey things that you wear tend to get sweaty and stanky pretty fast and they are not the easiest things in the world to wash properly given their large and bulky nature. However he does have a jock strap that has been passed down for generations, not just through his own family either. No one knows its exact path through the ages but it is known that it was discovered by Basil Battersby when he raided Tutenkhamens tomb and found it attached to the mummified body of the ancient king. Who knows if it was used for ice hockey back in the days of ancient Egypt but it does seem to grant other worldy powers to its bearer so for the time being he will continue to wear it.