Re: Anschutz & Jokerit

Posted by hermano on 08 February 2000 at 13:57 GMT
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In reply to IIHF may ban NHL players from participating in next Olympics posted by Rob on 08 February 2000 at 04:13 GMT:

Rob wrote:
>In the past few years, Anschutz has bought the London Knights of the Sekonda >Superleague in Britain, Sparta
>Prague of the Czech league and the Munich Barons of the German elite league. He also >has an interest in Jokerit of the Finnish elite league.

Well, that is interesting (Where is the original article by the way?). Jokerit is pretty much the only team in finnish elite league which is economically succesful and profitable. I doubt very much that Harkimo would consider selling. Au contraire he too is 'expanding' in European hockey field (Newcastle, Hambourg?).