The hockey equipment giant is recalling 100,000 Chinese-made junior hockey sticks worldwide – 67,000 of which were sold in Canada – after a random Health Canada test found excessive lead in the paint of their Nike Bauer Supreme One50 JR-52 composite stick.
“We have product ready right now and we have customer service representatives waiting for people to call,” said Bauer Hockey Corp. CEO Kevin Davis. “As quickly as the mail can deliver the stick to us, we’ll send them the brand new one.”
- The specific models currently under recall are:
- Nike Bauer Supreme One90 youth and junior stick, including shafts and replacement blades
- Nike Bauer Supreme Junior One50 junior stick, including shafts and replacement blades
- Nike Bauer Supreme One40 junior stick
- Nike Bauer Supreme One70 junior stick
- Nike Bauer/Bauer Supreme One75 junior player and goalie stick
- Nike Bauer/Bauer Vapor XX junior player and goalie stick
- Nike Bauer Supreme LTX junior stick.
- Nike Bauer Apollo junior stick
- Nike Quest Apollo junior blade
- Nike Bauer Supreme Force junior stick
- Nike Bauer Vapor XVI junior stick
- Nike Bauer Vapor XXX Lite "Woody" junior stick
- Nike Bauer Supreme Accel junior stick
The company says anyone who has purchased one of the above models should call 1-888-734-0443 to arrange to have the stick returned. Retail outlets are also advising customers that they can return the stick for store credit.
For more information please visit
http://cpsr-rspc.hc-sc.gc.ca/PR-RP/recall-retrait-eng.jsp?re_id=1004