Nhl Franchise

Sport In Saskatchewan - Team Sports - Ice Hockey
... Saskatchewan saw three franchises during this time ... Sheiks and Regina Capitals were among the founding franchises in the WCHL ... team has operated in Saskatchewan since 1959, interest in bringing a major professional franchise to the province (most likely to Saskatoon) continues to persist ...

Sports In Hamilton, Ontario - Hockey - NHL Expansion
... In recent decades, Hamilton has yearned and applied for an NHL franchise ... potentially could lose revenue if Hamilton had an NHL franchise ... Hamilton argurably came closest to landing an NHL franchise in 1990, when 14,000 Hamilton hockey fans made Non-refundable downpayments for season's tickets in less than 24-hours ...

Ottawa Senators (senior Hockey) - Club History
... of the Ottawa Hockey Association, owners of the Ottawa NHL franchise, decided to relocate the NHL franchise to St ... After 1935, the NHL franchise was bought out and only the senior team was left to continue ... functioned as both a stepping stone to the NHL, and a place for former NHL players to play after leaving the NHL ...

Ottawa Senators - History
... Ottawa had been home to the original Senators, a founding NHL franchise and eleven-time Stanley Cup champions ... After the NHL expanded to the United States in the late 1920s, the original Senators' eventual financial losses forced the franchise to move to St ... Fifty-four years later, after the NHL announced plans to expand, Ottawa real estate developer Bruce Firestone decided along with colleagues Cyril Leeder and Randy Sexton ...