Patriots Gronkowski a Minority Owner of Vegas NHL Team
Thursday, November 24, 2016
New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski is among the minority owners of the NHL's newest expansion team, the Vegas Golden Knights, according to ESPN's Darren Rovell.
The Knights will start play next season (2017-18) and will begin to build their team through an expansion draft that is set to take place on June 18.
Vegas is the 31st team in the NHL and the 15th team in the Western Conference. The team is also the first major sports franchise in Las Vegas.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTGronkowski missed the Patriots last game against the 49ers with a chest injury and is not expected to play in the Patriots game this week against the New York Jets.
Minority Owners
According to Rovell, other minority owners include MLB star Jose Bautista and former Boston Bruin Mark Recchi, among others.
Minority owners of new NHL franchise, Vegas Golden Knights include Rob Gronkowski, Jose Bautista and model Carol Alt.
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) November 23, 2016
Learning of more minority owners for NHL expansion franchise, Vegas Golden Knights: Prince Amukamara, Mark Recchi & Alexei Yashin.
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) November 23, 2016
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