Equipment: Hockey Gear Prices ...

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... are about to spike for U.S. consumers ...
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From: The Hartford Courant/AP News

Trump tariff tumult has ripples for sporting goods, puts costly hockey gear in price-hike crosshair

Hockey equipment in North America is a $1.3 billion business and growing. Added cost from import tax will almost certainly trickle down to the consumer.

By The Associated Press | [email protected]
UPDATED: March 31, 2025 at 1:12 PM EDT

By DAVE CAMPBELL, AP Sports Writer

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Calls from the U.S. to Roustan Hockey headquarters in Canada in recent weeks have been anything but routine, as bulk orders of name-brand sticks have suddenly become complicated conversations.

“These customers want to know: When their orders ship, will they have to pay an additional 25% tariff? And we respond by saying, ‘Well, right now we don’t know, so they postpone their order or cancel their order because they want to know before they order what the cost is going to be,” said Graeme Roustan, who owns the company that makes and sells more than 100,000 hockey sticks annually to the U.S. market.

The prospect of 25% tariffs by President Donald Trump on Canadian imports, currently paused for some goods but facing full implementation on Wednesday, has caused headaches if not havoc throughout the commercial ecosystem. The sports equipment industry is certainly no exception, with so many of the products manufactured for sports-loving Americans outside of the U.S. ...

Roustan Hockey bought the Christian and Northland brands that originated in Minnesota and now manufactures them with other products under its umbrella in Brantford, Ontario, the town where Wayne Gretzky grew up about 60 miles (100 kilometers) southwest of Toronto. About 40% of Roustan’s business is with the U.S. market, and about 90% of sales of Christian and Northland gear go to American customers. ...

Read more at:

https://www.courant.com/2025/03/31/trump-tariffs-hockey-equipment/

 

[Smirnov2Chistov]

I don’t doubt it. But how many people are shelling out money on constant new equipment?

 

[Golden_Jet]

I don’t doubt it. But how many people are shelling out money on constant new equipment?

Equipment sure, isn’t constantly changed, but article talks a lot about hockey sticks, which people are always purchasing.

 

[shoeshine boy]

sure but not because of Canadian tariffs. very little is actually made in Canada anymore. sticks from Mexico and China? maybe, if those items get singled out.

 

[Golden_Jet]

sure but not because of Canadian tariffs. very little is actually made in Canada anymore. sticks from Mexico and China? maybe, if those items get singled out.

Sticks are made in Canada and China , they’ll all get tariffs in US.

 

[DingerMcSlapshot]

Bought a used guitar from the States. A Tariff was applied by CBSA along with GST/Duty. Caught me by surprise a little. Wasn't a cheap guitar. Worth several K. Last thing I, buy from the States. Until Trump like always.....flip/flops. What a Clown