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| Product type | Ice hockey equipment |
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| Owner | Canadian Tire (2018–) |
| Country | Canada |
| Introduced | 1949 |
| Previous owners | Sherwood-Drolet Ltd. (1949–2008) Sher-Wood Hockey Inc. (2008–2014) Sherwood Athletics Group (2014–2018) |
| Website | sherwoodhockey.com |
Sherwood, sometimes styled as Sher-Wood, is a Canadian brand of ice hockey equipment owned by the Canadian Tire Corporation through its subsidiary INA International. The brand was created in 1949 in Sherbrooke, Quebec by Léo Paul Drolet, and was manufactured originally by his company Sherbrooke Woodcraft. In 1961 Drolet formed a second company called Sher-Wood Hockey Sticks, which merged in 1969 with Sherbrooke Woodcraft to form the Sherwood-Drolet Corp. After a fire at the Sherwood factory in 1969, Figgie International of Cleveland acquired a majority stake in the company.
In 1991, Léo's son Denis Drolet succeeded his father as president. That year, the company expanded beyond hockey sticks and began producing protective equipment. Denis reacquired control of his father's company from Figgie in 1994, and until 2008, Sherwood-Drolet and its sister company Inglasco were owned by his holding company, the Groupe Drolet Inc.
Sherwood-Drolet filed for bankruptcy in 2008, and that year its assets were acquired by Carpe Diem Growth Capital and reorganised into a new company. In 2014, the company was purchased by the Gracious Living Corporation and reorganised again. In 2018, the Canadian Tire Corporation purchased all of Sherwood's trademarks, and since that time the name has existed only as a brand rather than a company. Sherwood is part of Canadian Tire's group of hockey brands, which includes Hespeler and Victoriaville also.