You can’t say the NHL isn’t bold, approving a drastic realignment plan calling for four conferences and home-and-away series with every other team. NHL officials had been mulling several different realignment plans to accomodate the move of the Atlanta Thrashers to Winnipeg this season. But once it was apparent there would some level of realignment, […]
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It’s official: Winnipeg’s back in the NHL
The negotiations are complete: True North Sports and Entertainment is buying the Atlanta Thrashers and is moving the team to Winnipeg‘s MTS Centre for the 2011-2012 season, subject to approval from the NHL’s Board of Governors. Approval of the sale by the Board of Governors is contingent on TNSE proving the market will support an […]
It’s official: NBA buys Hornets
The National Basketball Association approved its purchase of the New Orleans Hornets from George Shinn and Gary Chouest, but the vote from the Board of Governors was not unanimous. The league did not disclose the final margin, choosing instead to note it passed with a three-quarters majority — the margin needed for passage. The league […]
New Coyotes owner in it for long haul
Matthew Hulsizer admits investing $165 million or so in the Phoenix Coyotes (NHL) may not be the best investment he’s made, but the former Amherst College captain says he’s willing to lose money in the short term — and expects to make money on his buy in the long term. Hulsizer is in line to […]
Coyotes sale: Yet another missed deadline
All sides were hoping a deal for a group led by Chicago businessman Matthew Hulsizer to buy the Phoenix Coyotes (NHL) would be completed by Dec. 1, but it’s apparent that deadline will be shot, as negotiations for a jobing.com Arena lease continue. The issue, we’re told, is the level of subsidy the Hulsizer group […]
