The following is a list of current
National Hockey League
The National Hockey League (NHL; french: Ligue nationale de hockey—LNH, ) is a professional ice hockey league in North America comprising 32 teams—25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. It is considered to be the top ranked professional ...
franchise owners.
All of the NHL's teams use some form of
holding company
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for the team's assets, sometimes through multiple layers of corporations, which are all listed in the "Operating Entities" column. The "Principal Owner(s)" column lists the majority or plurality owner(s) of the team or, in the case of teams held by publicly held corporations, the corporation's chairman.
Each team has a representative on the
NHL Board of Governors
The National Hockey League (NHL; french: Ligue nationale de hockey—LNH, ) is a professional ice hockey league in North America comprising 32 teams—25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. It is considered to be the top ranked professional ...
, the league's ruling and governing body, listed in the "NHL Governor" column; for most teams, this is the majority or plurality owner of the club.
† Only one of the owners can be that team's NHL Governor.
‡ Child/family member of the team's owner.
1 David S. Blitzer, minority owner of the New Jersey Devils, represent the team on the board.
2 Dave Scott, CEO of
Comcast Spectacor
Comcast Spectacor is a Philadelphia-based American sports and entertainment company. It owns the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League, the Maine Mariners of the ECHL, the Philadelphia Wings of the National Lacrosse League, the Phi ...
, represents the Philadelphia Flyers.
3 President and CEO of the Pittsburgh Penguins, David Morehouse, represents the team instead of one of its owners.
See also
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NHL Enterprises, LP
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List of professional sports team owners
This is a list of individuals, groups of individuals, and companies who have owned and operated a professional sports organization. The list is organized first by sport, then by franchise or team, then by owner. If an organization has gone through ...
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List of NFL franchise owners
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The following is a list of current National Football League franchise owners:
Family ownership
Benson, Bidwill, McCaskey, Brown, Irsay, Hamp, Hunt, Mara, Davis, Rooney, Glazer, Spanos, York, and Adams-Strunk represent ownership ...
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List of NBA team owners
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List of Major League Baseball principal owners
Current Major League Baseball team owners and the principal corporate entities that operate the clubs:
List
Notes
#The Atlanta Braves sale in 2007 to Liberty Media was part of a complex swap of cash, stock, magazine holdings, and the Braves, in ...
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List of MLS team owners
References
External links
The Business Of Hockey List - Forbes
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Owners
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