What franchise had most owners with criminal history?
Some of the more recent cases (1970s to now) of shady owners that comes to mind.
Paul Greenwood (NY Islanders) – 10 years for fraud
William “Boots” Del Biaggio III (San Jose & Nashville) – 8 years for fraud and forgery
Peter Pocklington (Edmonton) – 6 months for fraud
Bruce McNall (Los Angeles) – 5 years and 10 months for conspiracy and fraud
John Spano (NY Islanders) – 10 years for grand theft and forgery. He had already spent 10 years on two different occasions.
John Rigas (Buffalo) – 15 years for fraud
Nelson Skalbania (Calgary) – 1 year for fraud/theft
Harold Ballard (Toronto) – 9 years for fraud, theft and tax evasion (served a third of his sentence)
Henry Samueli (Anaheim) - five years probation and a fine for lying to SEC
Sanjay Kumar (NY Islanders) – 12 years for fraud
I posted this in another thread
Convicted criminals in NHL history