Easton-Bell Sports: Former Nike hockey unit looks for home run with Easton purchase

A former Nike subsidiary is adding bats to its ice-laced product line-up. Bloomberg reports that Bauer Performance Sports Ltd. closed a $330 million deal to buy Easton-Bell Sports Inc.’s baseball and softball division. The Bauer group commands 53 percent of the hockey equipment market, up from 30 percent. That's the same year that Nike sold the company to a group of investors led by Kohlberg & Co. and Canadian businessman W. Graeme Roustan. Bauer has now completed seven acquisitions worth $400…