List of NHL franchise owners
The following is a list of current National Hockey League franchise owners.
All of the NHL's teams use some form of holding company 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 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.
| Franchise | Principal Owner(s) | NHL Governor[1] | Operating Entities | Year Purchased |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anaheim Ducks |  | Anaheim Ducks Hockey Club LLC | 2005 | |
| Arizona Coyotes | | IceArizona Acquisition Co., LLC | 2019 | |
| Boston Bruins | | Boston Professional Hockey Association, Inc | 1975 | |
| Buffalo Sabres | | Pegula Sports and Entertainment; Hockey Western New York, LLC | 2011 | |
| Calgary Flames | .svg.png){kind=small} | Calgary Sports and Entertainment | 1980 | |
| Carolina Hurricanes | | Gale Force Sports And Entertainment, LLC; Carolina Hurricanes Hockey Club | 2018 | |
| Chicago Blackhawks | | Chicago Blackhawk Hockey Team, Inc. | 1954 | |
| Colorado Avalanche | | Josh Kroenke‡ | Kroenke Sports & Entertainment; Colorado Avalanche, LLC | 2000 |
| Columbus Blue Jackets | | Colhoc Limited Partnership; The Columbus Blue Jackets Hockey Club | 2000 | |
| Dallas Stars | | Dallas Stars LP | 2011 | |
| Detroit Red Wings | | Christopher Ilitch‡ | Ilitch Holdings Inc.; Olympia Entertainment; Detroit Red Wings, Inc. | 1982 |
| Edmonton Oilers | | Rexall Sports Corporation; Oilers Entertainment Group | 2008 | |
| Florida Panthers | | Sunrise Sports and Entertainment; Florida Panthers Hockey Club, Ltd. | 2013 | |
| Los Angeles Kings | | Philip Anschutz† | Anschutz Entertainment Group, The Los Angeles Kings Hockey Club LP | 1995 |
| Minnesota Wild | | Minnesota Sports and Entertainment; Minnesota Wild Hockey Club, LP | 2008 | |
| Montreal Canadiens | | Geoff Molson‡ | Club de hockey Canadien, Inc. | 2009 |
| Nashville Predators | | Predators Holdings LLC | 2007 | |
| New Jersey Devils | | New Jersey Devils LLC | 2013 | |
| New York Islanders | | Scott D. Malkin† | New York Islanders Hockey Club, LP | 2014 |
| New York Rangers | | The Madison Square Garden Company, New York Rangers Hockey Club | 1997 | |
| Ottawa Senators | | Capital Sports Properties; Ottawa Senators Hockey Club Limited Partnership | 2003 | |
| Philadelphia Flyers | | Dave Scott | Comcast Spectacor; Philadelphia Flyers, LP | 1996 |
| Pittsburgh Penguins | | David Morehouse | Lemieux Group LP | 1999 |
| San Jose Sharks |  | Sharks Sports and Entertainment; San Jose Sports & Entertainment Enterprises; San Jose Sharks, LLC | 2002 | |
| Seattle Kraken | | TBD | Seattle Hockey Partners | 2018 |
| St. Louis Blues | | SLB Acquisition Holdings LLC; St. Louis Blues Hockey Club, L.P. | 2012 | |
| Tampa Bay Lightning | | Lightning Hockey LP | 2010 | |
| Toronto Maple Leafs | | Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, Ltd.; Kilmer Sports, Inc. | 1996 | |
| Vancouver Canucks | | Canucks Sports & Entertainment | 2004 | |
| Vegas Golden Knights | | Black Knight Sports & Entertainment, Hockey Vision Las Vegas | 2016 | |
| Washington Capitals | | Mounumental Sports and Entertainment | 1999 | |
| Winnipeg Jets | | Mark Chipman† | True North Sports & Entertainment, Ltd. | 2011 |
† Only one of the owners can be that team's NHL Governor.
‡ Child/family member of the team's owner.
1 Dave Scott, CEO of Comcast Spectacor, represents the Philadelphia Flyers.
2 President and CEO of the Pittsburgh Penguins, David Morehouse, represents the team instead of one of its owners.
References
- "NHL Board of Governors". NHL. Retrieved June 1, 2019.
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