Which ice hockey sticks are best? Lace up the skates and drop the puck. Ice hockey is a popular sport in North America. Having the right hockey stick can make a big difference in controlling the puck ...

Canada Hockey Stick Factory A worker makes wooden hockey sticks at the Roustan Hockey factory, which is the last major manufacturer of hockey sticks in Canada on Aug. 27, 2025 in Brantford, Ontario.

BRANTFORD, Ontario -- Wearing protective gloves and earplugs, a worker feeds lengths of wood into a machine that makes an earsplitting whine as it automatically cuts a groove into the end of each ...

It was on October 2, 2003, a Thursday afternoon, when 137 employees of Nike Bauer’s hockey stick factory in the Hespeler section of Cambridge, Ontario, learned they were losing their jobs. Nike Bauer ...

It's a typical day on the job for the 15 workers at Canada's last major hockey stick factory, 60 miles (100 kilometers) southwest of Toronto. A worker, wearing protective gloves and earplugs, feeds ...

BRANTFORD, Ontario — Wearing protective gloves and earplugs, a worker feeds lengths of wood into a machine that makes an earsplitting whine as it automatically cuts a groove into the end of each piece ...