Saginaw Spirit
Description
Franchise value and ownership history
Franchise name/location history (most to least recent):- Saginaw Spirit
- North Bay Centennials
- Niagara Falls Flyers
- St. Catharines Black Hawks
| Franchise Valuation and Ownership History All amounts in US$ unless otherwise noted. |
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| Season | Value (US$) |
In today's US$ |
Hockey Franchise Valuation Rank |
| 1943-44 | $9 | $168 | |
| Value in Canadian currency: $10. Rudy Pilous, heading a group of six investors, paid a franchise fee of C $10 to the Ontario Hockey Association Junior A league for the new St. Catharines Falcons franchise. | |||
| Source(s): The Hockey Research Journal | |||
| 1955-56 | $0 | $0 | |
| In January 1955, Jim Norris purchased the Buffalo Bisons (AHL) and the St. Catharines Teepees junior team for $US 150,000. | |||
| Source(s): The Hockey News | |||
| 1972-73 | $239,133 | $1,842,959 | |
| Value in Canadian currency: $237,000. Paul and Hap Emms purchased the St. Catharines Black Hawks for $237,000 from Fred Muller and Ken Campbell. | |||
| Source(s): The Hockey News | |||
| 1976-77 | $0 | $0 | |
| The franchise was moved to Niagara Falls to become the Niagara Falls Flyers. | |||
| Source(s): The Hockey Research Journal | |||
| 1982-83 | $0 | $0 | |
| Value in Canadian currency: $0. The franchise was moved to North Bay. | |||
| Source(s): The Hockey Research Journal | |||
| 2002-03 | $3,000,000 | $5,375,250 | 31 |
| The franchise was sold for $3M and moved to Saginaw as the Spirit. | |||
| Source(s): The Hockey Research Journal | |||