Ice Hockey Brand CCM Finds New Owner in Sweden’s Altor Equity

When the puck drops on the new season of the National Hockey League next week, a major brand that equips some of the top players will be getting a new owner.

Swedish buyout firm Altor Equity Partners has agreed to buy a majority stake in CCM Hockey, the maker of Tacks and JetSpeed hockey gear favored by stars Sidney Crosby and Connor McDavid.

Stockholm-based Altor is acquiring the business from Canada’s Birch Hill Equity Partners Management Inc., it said in a statement reviewed by Bloomberg News.

Terms of the deal, expected to close by year end, weren’t disclosed.

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