Sawyer Hannay - Entrepreneur
Episode description
Sawyer Hannay is a former professional hockey player and current business owner of Country Liberty and Liberty Village from Rexton, New Brunswick.
At 16 he left Rexton for Halifax Nova Scotia to play for the Halifax Mooseheads. From there he was drafted to the NHL by the Vancouver Canucks in 2010, played professionally in Europe, Indiana and university in New Brunswick.
While living in Europe he was inspired to start Country Liberty and once he was in New Brunswick to start his degree, he put his ideas in motion and Country Liberty was born.
Country Liberty has grown a distribution channel of over 50 retail stores and an online store. They have also partnered with wonder groups like the Cavendish Beach Music Festival, Molson, and Lane Merrifield from Dragon's Den!