CCM (ice hockey)
CCM Hockey is a Canadian brand of ice hockey equipment owned by Birch Hill Equity Partners through its portfolio company Sport Maska Inc. The history of the brand traces to 1905, when the Canada Cycle and Motor Company, which had been founded in 1899, began manufacturing hockey equipment as a secondary business. After Canada Cycle went bankrupt in 1982, it sold off its cycling and hockey divisions to separate owners. The hockey division was acquired by Sport Maska, a Quebec-based manufacturer of jerseys.
Trade name | CCM Hockey |
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| Company type | Private |
| Industry | Sporting goods |
| Founded | 1899 in Weston, Ontario, Canada |
| Headquarters | Montreal, Quebec , |
Key people | Marrouane Nabih (CEO) |
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| Owner | The Hockey Company (1991–2004) Reebok (2004–2005) Adidas (2005–2017) Birch Hill Equity Partners (2017–) |
| Parent | Sport Maska Inc. |
| Website | ccmhockey.com |
From 1991 to 2004, Sport Maska was owned The Hockey Company, a holding company whose portfolio grew to include several other major hockey equipment brands including Jofa, Koho, Titan, and Canadien. In 2004, Reebok purchased The Hockey Company, but a year later was itself purchased by Adidas. In 2017, Adidas sold all of its hockey operations, which remained consolidated under Sport Maska, to the private equity firm Birch Hill Equity Partners.
CCM's range of products for hockey includes sticks, skates, helmets, shoulder pads, elbow pads, goaltender masks, goaltender pads, goaltender gloves, knee pads, throat collars, and team uniforms for the American Hockey League.