NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the Seattle NHL expansion presentation (all times local):
12:55 p.m.
The prospective owners of a Seattle expansion team say they expect to hear from the NHL later Tuesday about whether the Board of Governors will vote on awarding the franchise at its meeting in December.
President and CEO Tod Leiweke, majority owner David Bonderman, Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan and other executives were part of the group that made a presentation to the Board of Governors' executive committee. The meeting that lasted more than two hours. Leiweke says Durkan did a phenomenal job selling the city.
Leiweke did not provide any details on whether the team, if approved, would be able to begin play in 2020 or 2021 because that was not a central topic in the meeting.
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10 a.m.
The final sales pitch for an NHL expansion team in Seattle is on.
Members of Seattle's potential ownership group and Mayor Jenny Durkan are presenting their case to the Board of Governors' executive committee at the league office. If the executive committee moves the process forward, the board could vote as soon as December to award the NHL's 32nd franchise to Seattle.
Durkan says she wants to show, "Seattle's a place you want to have hockey, and if you have hockey in Seattle, everybody's going to do better." Maple Leafs chairman Larry Tanenbaum says he feels good about the group the Seattle Hockey Partners put together and he's looking forward to hearing what they have to say.
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