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 | $152 | |
| Value in Canadian currency: $10. Rudy Pilous, heading a group of six investors, paid a franchise fee of CAN $10 to the Ontario Hockey Association Jr A for the new St. Catharines Falcons franchise. | |||
| Source(s): The Hockey Research Journal | |||
| 1976-77 | $0 | $0 | |
| The franchise was moved to Niagara Falls. | |||
| 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 | $4,881,588 | 31 |
| The franchise was sold for $3M and moved to Saginaw as the Spirit. | |||
| Source(s): The Hockey Research Journal | |||