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.
FranchisePrincipal owner(s)NHL GovernorOperating entitiesPurchase price (US$ millions)Adjusted priceYear purchasedAnaheim Ducks Henry Samueli Anaheim Ducks Hockey Club LLC 70 $ 2005Boston Bruins Jeremy Jacobs Boston Professional Hockey Association, Inc 10 $ 1975Buffalo Sabres Terry and Kim Pegula Terry Pegula† Pegula Sports and Entertainment; Hockey Western New York, LLC 165 $ 2011Calgary Flames N. Murray Edwards Calgary Sports and Entertainment 16 $ 1980Carolina Hurricanes Tom Dundon Gale Force Sports And Entertainment, LLC; Carolina Hurricanes Hockey Club 420 $ 2018Chicago Blackhawks Danny Wirtz Chicago Blackhawk Hockey Team, Inc. 1 $ 1954Colorado Avalanche Ann Walton Kroenke Josh Kroenke‡ Kroenke Sports & Entertainment; Colorado Avalanche, LLC 202 $ 2000Columbus Blue Jackets John P. McConnell Colhoc Limited Partnership; The Columbus Blue Jackets Hockey Club 80 & 173 $ & $ 1997 & 2012Dallas Stars Tom Gaglardi Dallas Stars LP 240 $ 2011Detroit Red Wings Marian Ilitch Christopher Ilitch Ilitch Holdings Inc.; Olympia Entertainment; Detroit Red Wings, Inc. 8.5 $ 1982Edmonton Oilers Daryl Katz Rexall Sports Corporation; Oilers Entertainment Group 170 $ 2008Florida Panthers Vincent Viola Sunrise Sports and Entertainment; Florida Panthers Hockey Club, Ltd. 160 $ 2013Los Angeles Kings Philip Anschutz and Edward P. Roski Philip Anschutz† Anschutz Entertainment Group, The Los Angeles Kings Hockey Club LP 113.3 $ 1995Minnesota Wild Craig Leipold Minnesota Sports and Entertainment; Minnesota Wild Hockey Club, LP 225 $ 2008Montreal Canadiens Molson Family Geoff Molson‡ Club de hockey Canadien, Inc. 575 $ 2009Nashville Predators Bill Haslam1 Predators Holdings LLC 775 $ 2025New Jersey Devils David Blitzer and Josh Harris Tad Brown Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment 320 $ 2013New York Islanders Jon Ledecky and Scott D. Malkin Scott D. Malkin† New York Islanders Hockey Club, LP 485 $ 2016New York Rangers James L. Dolan The Madison Square Garden Company, New York Rangers Hockey Club 195 $ 1997Ottawa Senators Michael Andlauer Senators Sports & Entertainment; Ottawa Senators Hockey Club Limited Partnership 950 $ 2023Philadelphia Flyers Brian L. Roberts Dan Hilferty Comcast Spectacor; Philadelphia Flyers, LP 150 $ 1996 Pittsburgh Penguins Geoff Hoffmann and Greg Hoffmann Geoff Hoffmann† Hoffmann Family of Companies 1,700 $ 2025San Jose Sharks Hasso Plattner Sharks Sports and Entertainment; San Jose Sports & Entertainment Enterprises; San Jose Sharks, LLC 147 $ 2002Seattle Kraken Samantha Holloway, Jerry Bruckheimer and Tod Leiweke Samantha Holloway† One Roof Sports and Entertainment 650 $ 2018St. Louis Blues Tom Stillman and Alan Fritch SLB Acquisition Holdings LLC; St. Louis Blues Hockey Club, L.P. 180 $ 2012Tampa Bay Lightning Jeffrey Vinik Lightning Hockey LP 93 $ 2010Toronto Maple Leafs Larry Tanenbaum Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, Ltd.; Kilmer Sports, Inc. 263 & 1,000 $ & $ 1996 & 2012Utah Mammoth Ryan Smith Smith Entertainment Group 1,200 $ 2024Vancouver Canucks Francesco Aquilini Canucks Sports & Entertainment 207 $ 2005Vegas Golden Knights Bill Foley Black Knight Sports & Entertainment, Hockey Vision Las Vegas 500 $ 2016Washington Capitals Ted Leonsis Monumental Sports & Entertainment 85 $ 1999Winnipeg Jets Mark Chipman and David Thomson Mark Chipman† True North Sports & Entertainment, Ltd. 170 $ 2011
† Only one of the owners can be that team's NHL Governor. ‡ Child/family member of the team's owner. 1 Haslam bought the Predators over a period of three years, he acquired enough shares to become the majority owner in July 2025.
See also NHL Enterprises, LP List of NFL franchise owners List of NBA team owners List of Major League Baseball principal owners List of MLS team owners
References
External links The Business Of Hockey List - Forbes