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NHL board approves Winnipeg purchase
NEW YORK, June 21 (UPI) — The NHL Board of Governors, meeting Tuesday in New York, approved the sale and relocation of the Atlanta Thrashers to Winnipeg, Manitoba.
NHL board unanimously approves Thrashers’ move to Winnipeg
NEW YORK (AP) – The NHL board of governors unanimously approved the sale of the Atlanta Thrashers on Tuesday, paving the way for the club to move to Winnipeg for next season. True North Sports and Entertainment bought the team last month and announced it was bringing the Thrashers to Winnipeg, which lost the Jets to Phoenix after the 1995-96 season. The vote by the board was the final hurdle in the process to relocate the team
NHL – Thrashers to move to Winnipeg
Tue, 21 Jun 22:14:00 2011 The NHL have formally approved the sale and relocation of the Atlanta Thrashers to Winnipeg, rubber-stamping the first franchise relocation in the league since 1997. Winnipeg hockey fans began celebrating last month when the Thrashers were sold to True North Sports and Entertainment, led by partners Mark Chipman and billionaire David Thomson, Canada’s richest man and chairman of news and information company Thomson Reuters. But the sale agreement was dependent upon the approval of the NHL’s board of governors, who met in Manhattan on Tuesday to cast their votes.
NHL governors approve Thrashers’ sale, move
NEW YORK — The NHL has officially rubber-stamped the league’s seventh Canadian franchise.
NHL governors approve Thrashers’ sale, move
NEW YORK — The NHL has officially rubber-stamped the league’s seventh Canadian franchise. The National Hockey League’s board of governors announced Tuesday that it has approved the sale of the Atlanta Thrashers to True North Sports & Entertainment Ltd., and its subsequent relocation of the franchise to Winnipeg
NHL board approves Thrashers’ move to Winnipeg (AP)
By IRA PODELL, AP Hockey Writer NEW YORK – The NHL board of governors unanimously approved the sale of the Atlanta Thrashers on Tuesday, paving the way for the club to move to Winnipeg, Manitoba, for next season. True North Sports and Entertainment bought the team last month and announced it was bringing the Thrashers to Winnipeg, which lost the Jets to Phoenix after the 1995-96 season.
NHL board approves Thrashers’ move to Winnipeg (AP)
By IRA PODELL, AP Hockey Writer NEW YORK – The NHL board of governors unanimously approved the sale of the Atlanta Thrashers on Tuesday, paving the way for the club to move to Winnipeg, Manitoba, for next season.
NHL board approves Thrashers’ move to Winnipeg (AP)
By IRA PODELL, AP Hockey Writer NEW YORK – The NHL board of governors unanimously approved the sale of the Atlanta Thrashers on Tuesday, paving the way for the club to move to Winnipeg, Manitoba, for next season. True North Sports and Entertainment bought the team last month and announced it was bringing the Thrashers to Winnipeg, which lost the Jets to Phoenix after the 1995-96 season. The vote by the board was the final hurdle in the process to relocate the team
NHL board approves Thrashers’ move to Winnipeg (AP)
By IRA PODELL, AP Hockey Writer NEW YORK – The NHL board of governors unanimously approved the sale of the Atlanta Thrashers on Tuesday, paving the way for the club to move to Winnipeg, Manitoba, for next season. True North Sports and Entertainment bought the team last month and announced it was bringing the Thrashers to Winnipeg, which lost the Jets to Phoenix after the 1995-96 season. The vote by the board was the final hurdle in the process to relocate the team.
NHL board approves Thrashers’ move to Winnipeg
By IRA PODELL, AP Hockey Writer NEW YORK – The NHL board of governors unanimously approved the sale of the Atlanta Thrashers on Tuesday, paving the way for the club to move to Winnipeg, Manitoba, for next season. True North Sports and Entertainment bought the team last month and announced it was bringing the Thrashers to Winnipeg, which lost the Jets to Phoenix after the 1995-96 season. The vote by the board was the final hurdle in the process to relocate the team