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Gems' owners ousted, IHL takes over club
By Pro Hockey News Staff Reports (with IHL press release)
Dec 2, 2009 - 9:30:24 AM
IHL Press Release
ROCHESTER, MI - The International Hockey League's (IHL) Board of Governors has unanimously voted to terminate the Dayton Gems' ownership group's right to operate the team, and has taken possession of its League share. The vote was necessitated by the ownership group's inability to meet the requirements to maintain ownership of an International Hockey League team under the League's Bylaws. The IHL is negotiating with a new local ownership group that will own and operate the Gems by this weekend, and the League expects that group will hold a press conference in the coming days. Details of the press conference will be made available through the IHL office later today.
The Gems will host the Fort Wayne Komets at Hara Arena on Saturday night and the Port Huron Icehawks on Sunday night. The IHL thanks the Dayton fans for their continued support and is pleased that IHL hockey will remain in Dayton this season and for years to come.
For further inquiries on this matter, please contact Amy Stump, IHL Director of Media Relations at 269-492-3432, ext. 105.
Updated Information
The Dayton Gems have scheduled a press conference for Thursday, December 3rd at 1:30 p.m. in the Hara Arena Lobby (use the Hara Arena Box Office entrance). Media is encouraged to arrive early as the press conference will begin promptly at 1:30 p.m.
In a statement from the IHL Board of Governors it was announced that the franchise would hold a news conference on Thursday.
“The Dayton Gems will hold press conference on tomorrow, Thursday, December 3 atThe International Hockey League’s (IHL) Board of Governors has unanimously voted to terminate the Dayton Gems’ ownership group’s right to operate the team, and has taken possession of its League share. The vote was necessitated by the ownership group’s inability to meet the requirements to maintain ownership of an International Hockey League team under the League’s Bylaws. The IHL is negotiating with a new local ownership group that will own and operate the Gems by this weekend.”
A representative from the new Gems ownership group, the commissioner of the IHL, and members of the Dayton Gems hockey club will be available for interviews.
For more information call Dayton Gems Media Director Jill Sanders at (937) 275-7777 or email her at jill@daytongems.netor call Karen Wampler or Brooke Folkerth with the Hara Arena Marketing Department at (937) 278-4776.
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