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Wednesday, August 31, 2016

{allcanada} Sept. 1: Mario Lemieux becomes Penguins owner

THIS DATE IN HISTORY: Sept. 1

1999: The NHL Board of Governors approves Mario Lemieux's application for ownership of the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Lemieux's move into ownership comes two years after he announces his retirement as a player in 1997. He is owed more than $32 million in deferred salary and converts much of that money into equity in the team, making him the first player in North American sports history to own the team he used to play for.

Lemieux assumes the posts of president, chairman and CEO of the Penguins, then adds the role of No. 1 center when he returns as a player on Dec. 27, 2000.

 

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1964: Brian Bellows is born in St. Catharines, Ontario. Bellows is described by some as the hottest prospect since Wayne Gretzky during his junior career with Kitchener of the Ontario Hockey League, and he's selected by the Minnesota North Stars with the second pick of the 1982 NHL Draft. He scores 30 or more goals eight times in 10 seasons with Minnesota, including a career-high 55 in 1989-90. The North Stars trade him to the Montreal Canadiens in 1992, and he scores 40 goals for Montreal's Stanley Cup-winning team in 1992-93. Bellows plays for the Tampa Bay Lightning, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and Washington Capitals before retiring in 1999 with 485 goals and 1,022 points in 1,188 NHL games. His son, Kieffer Bellows, becomes the New York Islanders' first-round pick (No. 19) at the 2016 draft.

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