Mackcanuck Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 http://www.princegeo...es-say-1.873332 The Prince George Cougars have been sold to local businessman Greg Pocock and a group of investors that includes NHL players and former Cougars Eric Brewer and Dan Hamhuis, say several sources close to the team. Pocock is the owner of Prince George Hydromechanical, an industrial cleaning services contractor, and is co-owner of Forest Power Sports, a Prince George-based recreational vehicle dealership. The local sources, who requested anonymity, say the team was purchased for close to $7 million, while longtime owner Rick Brodsky had been asking for $8 million. With a tentative deal now in place, it still has to receive approval from the WHL head office and be passed by the league's board of directors. Neither Pocock nor Brodsky returned calls to The Citizen on Sunday. The Cougars have been the subject of rumours they would be moved to Nanaimo or Winnipeg. But Nanaimo lacks a WHL-sized arena, and now it appears Winnipeg will be the home of the Kootenay Ice next season. Sources say the new ownership group plans to keep the team based in Prince George for at least the next two seasons. If the Cougars continue to lose money, the team will likely be moved to another city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goalie13 Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Wow. I'm not surprised it was sold, more that Brodsky was still the owner. When he took over the Victoria Cougars he turned that team into a laughing stock and then moved them out of town. After so many years of failing, I would have thought he sold them off years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tre Mac Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 That sucks the Kootenay Ice are on the move, I always like that franchise and it has one of the better names and logo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost Canuck Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Brodsky's separation from the team has been sorely needed for many years now. Hopefully the new owners will fire his incompetent son-in-law from the GM spot and hire someone who won't keep driving the Cougars into the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nas19 Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Wow. I'm not surprised it was sold, more that Brodsky was still the owner. When he took over the Victoria Cougars he turned that team into a laughing stock and then moved them out of town. After so many years of failing, I would have thought he sold them off years ago. Exactly why the Cougars are in the state that they are in right now. I cannot tell you how excited people are that this is happening. I will be shocked if season ticket sales don't sky rocket now. I know soooooo many people who absolutely refused to buy season tickets or go to any game because he was the owner. The dude is a friggin idiot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martens00 Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Exactly why the Cougars are in the state that they are in right now. I cannot tell you how excited people are that this is happening. I will be shocked if season ticket sales don't sky rocket now. I know soooooo many people who absolutely refused to buy season tickets or go to any game because he was the owner. The dude is a friggin idiot. One of the many reasons the Chilliwack Bruins failed. Porter (sp?) was an absolute moron. I live in Chilliwack and am very confident a team could do well here with the proper ownership and marketing team. (when the Bruins were here you hardly ever knew there was a game.... and most season ticket holders were seniors so the organization catered to them and frowned upon excess noise......) Maybe I'm a little bias because I am from Chilliwack but its a fast growing community with a great rink. The WHL ripped our team away after minority owners offered almost double what the team was worth just so they could get the team in Victoria. I hope someday we get another team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pears Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 Nice to see the Cougars could finally have some solid ownership. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McBackup Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 Never should have left Vic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thad Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Thank god lol.. Now maybe they'll get a GM that isn't a family member and has a good vision for hockey. Why he never fired his son in law after so many years of crap is beyond me. This is a guy who's best attempt to get people in the stands was have "bring your dog" night. I went to 1 game this year and that was only to see the stacked winterhawks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canacks1970 Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Thank god lol.. Now maybe they'll get a GM that isn't a family member and has a good vision for hockey. Why he never fired his son in law after so many years of crap is beyond me. This is a guy who's best attempt to get people in the stands was have "bring your dog" night. I went to 1 game this year and that was only to see the stacked winterhawks. He probably never fired his son in law for the same reason he picked up and left Victoria. Maybe he was hoping if the team was bad enough that he would be able to move the team again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin-B Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Awesome news for PG. Now hopefully Lethbridge can get things squared away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Mike Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 I was so happy when I heard this news guess I will be getting those season tickets after all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeremyCuddles Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 I really hope they stay here long term. Cheap tickets to see some good WHL prospects come to town is awesome. I seen Seth Jones last year and Ty Rattie. Pretty sure they lit us up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc2001 Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 One of the many reasons the Chilliwack Bruins failed. Porter (sp?) was an absolute moron. I live in Chilliwack and am very confident a team could do well here with the proper ownership and marketing team. (when the Bruins were here you hardly ever knew there was a game.... and most season ticket holders were seniors so the organization catered to them and frowned upon excess noise......) Maybe I'm a little bias because I am from Chilliwack but its a fast growing community with a great rink. The WHL ripped our team away after minority owners offered almost double what the team was worth just so they could get the team in Victoria. I hope someday we get another team. Well Victoria has been selling out crowds all Season, i feel for ya for sure but the Royals have a brand new Arena that holds 10,000 so i guess there was pressure to put a team there after the Salmon Kings were taken out. On topic however Prince George will do much better Ticket Sales next year mark my words.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goalie13 Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Well Victoria has been selling out crowds all Season, i feel for ya for sure but the Royals have a brand new Arena that holds 10,000 so i guess there was pressure to put a team there after the Salmon Kings were taken out. On topic however Prince George will do much better Ticket Sales next year mark my words.. The Salmon Kings didn't fold until after they purchased the Bruins. If RG failed to buy the Bruins, the Salmon Kings would have likely stuck around until they found a different WHL team to move there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mackcanuck Posted April 8, 2014 Author Share Posted April 8, 2014 The Royals got ushered into Victoria to stop the Canucks from locating their AHL franchise there. "The RG-owned Victoria Salmon Kings played at the Memorial Centre in the pro ECHL for seven seasons, the last four as the Vancouver Canucks’ secondary farm team to the now defunct Manitoba Moose of the AHL. And the rumours were annually rife about Victoria staying with the pro game and eventually jumping from the ECHL to the AHL as the Canucks’ main farm team." - See more at: http://www.timescolonist.com/sports/whl-here-to-stay-royals-owner-says-of-victoria-ahl-rumours-1.81340#sthash.rpmkMv2X.dpuf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeefcakeBo Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Once the sale is official and they fire Dallas Thompson then I'm buying my seasons tickets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeremyCuddles Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 Once the sale is official and they fire Dallas Thompson then I'm buying my seasons tickets. Yup and yup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tearloch7 Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 Once the sale is official and they fire Dallas Thompson then I'm buying my seasons tickets. Ditto .. will be fun to see the WHL again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thad Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 I really hope they stay here long term. Cheap tickets to see some good WHL prospects come to town is awesome. I seen Seth Jones last year and Ty Rattie. Pretty sure they lit us up. Ya I went to see the winterhawks this year for the same reason. I say it every time I watch the chl Friday game on sportsnet and It's always a couple stacked teams "man it would be cool to see a cougars team this good". 3 or 4 first round beauties and well coached. I don't understand how we can be so terrible for such a long stretch? We are bottom feeders every year and never seem to climb back up again. Are we drafting duds in the bantam draft or what the hell is going on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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