BRANTFORD, Ont. — A bunch led by Edmonton Oilers ahead Zach Hyman and his household have bought the Ontario Hockey League’s Brantford Bulldogs.
The league introduced Monday that its board of governors has accepted the sale of the Bulldogs by Ottawa Senators majority proprietor Michael Andlauer to a gaggle together with Hyman, his brother Spencer and father Stuart.
The OHL mentioned the workforce at the moment performs on the Brantford and District Civic Centre, which has a capability 2,952 spectators in accordance with the town’s web site. The OHL says the brand new possession group is pursuing a long-term lease settlement with the town that would come with plans for a brand new area.
“Hockey is greater than only a recreation for my household,” Zach Hyman mentioned in a launch. “It teaches our youth concerning the significance of teamwork and it brings collectively communities.
“I’m humbled and enormously admire the religion Michael has positioned in me to proceed his unimaginable legacy with such a storied franchise.”
Andlauer, who additionally owns the American Hockey League’s Belleville Senators, bought the OHL’s Belleville Bulls in 2015 and moved them to Hamilton, the place they had been rebranded because the Bulldogs.
The workforce introduced it was shifting to Brantford for a minimum of three seasons earlier than the 2023-24 marketing campaign on account of renovations at Hamilton’s FirstOntario Centre. It was the primary time Brantford had been house to an OHL workforce because the Alexanders moved to Hamilton in 1984.
The Bulldogs received OHL titles in 2018 and 2022 underneath Andlauer. The workforce entered Monday in sixth place within the Jap Convention with a 21-15-4 document.
“The strength of the OHL is its communities, and Brantford has proven to be an outstanding destination for OHL hockey,” league commissioner Bryan Crawford mentioned in a launch.
“I’m excited to welcome the Hyman household to the OHL group and am wanting ahead to seeing the OHL proceed to thrive in Brantford for years to come back,” he added.
Stuart Hyman has a historical past of financing junior hockey groups within the Larger Toronto Space and is the proprietor of the Ontario Junior Hockey League’s Markham Royals, the place Spencer Hyman is president of hockey operations and brothers Shane and Oliver additionally maintain positions with the membership.
This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed Jan. 13, 2025.
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