CCM Hockey is a Canadian brand of

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. CCM (formerly an

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for Canada Cycle & Motor Co. Ltd.) was held by two separate entities both maintaining the CCM

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, one (Reebok-CCM by

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, formerly "The Hockey Company") manufacturing hockey equipment and the other, CCM Bicycles manufacturing

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. The company is currently owned by Canadian private "Birch Hill Equity Partners", after the Adidas Group sold the brand for around $100 million in 2017. As of June 2021, the newly appointed CEO by Birch Hill Equity Partners is Marrouane Nabih.https://csga.ca/ccm-hockey-appointments-announcement/ Since then, the company went through major changes and restructuring within the senior management group. CCM range of products for hockey includes sticks, skates,

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s, goaltender pads, goaltender gloves,

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s, throat collar and team uniforms for the

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History

CCM was founded in 1899 after the collapse of the bicycle market. Established "when the operations of four major Canadian bicycle manufacturers amalgamated: H. A. Lozier, Massey-Harris, Goold, and Welland Vale Manufacturing." CCM produced

for many years in the area of

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. They also briefly produced the Russell automobile. By 1905, with saturation in the bicycle market, CCM began producing hockey skates using scrap steel that was left over at the plant from the manufacture of bicycles and automobiles, and subsequently began manufacturing other hockey gear. In 1937, CCM acquired the Tackaberry brand made by a

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n named

George Tackaberry George Edwin Tackaberry (May 6, 1874 - November 19, 1937) was a Canadian boot maker remembered today as the inventor of a long-lived brand of ice hockey skate sold by CCM called the CCM "Tack". (CCM "Tacks".) Early life Tackaberry apprenticed as a ...

and ''"Tacks"'' remained the company's signature skate until late 2006, when the Tacks line was replaced with the ''"Vector"'' line, then the ''"U+"'' line, and''"RBZ"'' line, now the ''"Jetspeed"'' line. The ''"Tacks"'' line was later reintroduced in 2014. The original CCM went bankrupt in 1983. All of the assets of the company were purchased by Procycle Group Inc. of Quebec who retained the bicycle division and sold off the hockey division to Montreal businessman David Zunenshine who owned GC Knitting, a manufacturer of hockey jerseys. The company subsequently used the CCM brand when producing hockey equipment.The Hockey Company -- Company History
Funding Universe (retrieved 15 September 2010) The company entered the toy industry in 1988 through the acquisition of

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and in 1990 when they acquired another financially troubled company,

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NHL hockey game), Norca Industries Inc. (a plastic toy manufacturer of such products as swimming pools, sleds, and sandboxes), and Innova-Dex Sports Inc. of Montreal (a bicycle helmet manufacturer). SLM filed for

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bankruptcy protection, in 1995, selling off Buddy L and the SLM Fitness equipment business. The company emerged from bankruptcy protection in 1997 and reorganized. The company acquired Montreal-based Sports Holdings, Inc, in 1998, and became the world's top producer of hockey merchandise adding the brands Koho, Titan,

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, Canadien and Heaton. Titan and Canadien were well-known brands of wooden hockey sticks in the 1980s and 1990s, with Wayne Gretzky having used the Titan 2020 while playing with the

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. Heaton was known for its goaltending equipment, which was used for years by

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as well as many other NHL goaltenders. In 1999, SLM was renamed The Hockey Company. In June 2004, The Hockey Company was bought by

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. All brands other than the CCM brand were retired and Reebok introduced its own RBK Hockey gear, later to be rebranded as Reebok Hockey. Reebok in turn was acquired by

in 2005. In the fall of 2013, The Hockey Company created a new goaltending equipment line under the CCM brand name. Beginning in 2015, The Hockey Company began phasing out the Reebok name from their hockey equipment lines, by creating equivalent or similar product lines under the CCM name. CCM is now the only brand name used by the company on its hockey equipment. In 2017, Adidas sold CCM to a Canadian private equity firm, Birch Hill Equity Partners, for around $100 million.Adidas laces up $100M hockey brand sale
by Josh Kosman, 20 July 2017 In 2018 CCM hired a new CEO, Rick Blackshaw. Blackshaw told the media that "We have some nice momentum. We're seeking to make investment in product and product innovation and the brand. As of June 2021, the newly appointed CEO by Birch Hill Equity Partners is Marrouane Nabih.

Products and marketing

CCM manufactures a wide range of ice hockey equipment at all price points, from recreational to professional. One major rival is

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. CCM is one of the official

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, sponsors, and on-ice suppliers of hockey equipment for the

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(NHL) until 2014. CCM has changed its logo multiple times but use all three. NHL player George Parsons was forced to retire due to a career-ending eye injury in 1939. He then became involved with CCM hockey, helping to develop helmets and facial protection which would be safer for players. By early 1976, CCM had developed a hockey helmet complete with eye and face shield and lower face protector that was both approved by the

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and endorsed by the

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. Main endorsers of CCM players gear include

Sidney Crosby Sidney Patrick Crosby (born August 7, 1987) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre and captain of the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL). Nicknamed "Sid the Kid" and dubbed " The Next One", he was selected first o ...

Alex Ovechkin Alexander Mikhailovich Ovechkin ( rus, Александр Михайлович Овечкин, p=ɐlʲɪˈksandr ɐˈvʲetɕkʲɪn; born 17 September 1985) is a Russian professional ice hockey left winger and captain of the Washington Capital ...

Patrice Bergeron Patrice Bergeron-Cleary (born July 24, 1985) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre and captain of the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL). Bergeron played junior hockey with the Acadie–Bathurst Titan of the Quebec Major Ju ...

Nathan MacKinnon Nathan Raymond MacKinnon (born September 1, 1995) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre and alternate captain for the Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League (NHL). MacKinnon was selected first overall by the Avalanche in the 201 ...

and,

Connor McDavid Connor Andrew McDavid (born January 13, 1997) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre and captain of the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Oilers selected him first overall in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft. McDavid spen ...

. In recent decades, CCM has been one of the most used goalie pads in the NHL. This popularity was in large part due to CCM's partnership with Quebec-based goalie equipment company EGB, owned by the Lefebvre family (name stylized as Lefevre on products and marketing materials). Some notable goalies that used CCM were Marc-Andre Fleury and

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. During 2020 CCM and Lefebvre decided to end their partnership and today CCM offers the Extreme Flex, Axis, and the youth YT Flex goalie products.“CCM Goalie Series”
''CCM Hockey''

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History

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