Abroiginal entrepreneur new owner of pro team.Curt Styres was hoping to one day own a National Lacrosse League "NLL" redirects here. For the original 1974-5 incarnation, see National Lacrosse League (1974-75). For all other uses, see NLL (disambiguation). The National Lacrosse League (NLL) is the league of men's indoor lacrosse in North America. (NLL NLL National Lacrosse League (professional indoor lacrosse) NLL Northern Limit Line (between South and North Korea) NLL Naval Logistics Library NLL New Orleans, Louisiana ) team in Canada. Well, that dream didn't quite work out the way he had originally envisioned. The Oshweken, Ont. resident had discussed the possibility of putting a NLL franchise in London, Ont. While that plan did not become a reality, Styres did not give up hope. And now he's got a bit more than he originally bargained for, albeit south of the border. During the off-season Styres purchased the NLL's Rochester Knighthwks for a reported price of about $5.5 million. As a result, Styres became the first Aboriginal to own a major professional sports franchise in North America. Styres also bought the American Hockey League's Rochester Americans for an undisclosed price. The AHL AHL American Hockey League AHL Action Half-Life (Half-Life modification) AHL Acyl Homoserine Lactone AHL Aramark Harrison Lodging AHL Acylated Homoserine Lactone AHL Association for the History of Language AHL Architects Hawaii Ltd is one step below the National Hockey League National Hockey League (NHL) Organization of professional North American ice-hockey teams. The league was formed in 1917 by five Canadian teams; the first U.S. team, the Boston Bruins, was added in 1924. It today consists of 30 teams in two conferences and six divisions. . Styres is one of the partners of Grand River Enterprises Grand River Enterprises (or GRE) is a cigarette manufacturer based in Six Nations, Ontario. They sell under the brand name Sago (Mohawk for "hello") Putters, DK's & Golden Leaf in Canada and under the name Seneca in the United States. , a hugely successful cigarette manufacturing company. But he's no stranger to the sporting world. Through his company Arrows Express Sports he built the lacrosse lacrosse (ləkrôs`), ball and goal game usually played outdoors by two teams of 10 players each on a field 60 to 70 yd (54.86 to 64.01 m) wide by 110 yd (100.58 m) long. Two goals face each other 80 yd (73. arena in Oshweken. And he helps operate the Six Nations Arrows Express, a Junior A lacrosse squad. Styres' partner in Arrows Express Sports, Lewis Staats, has been named president of both the Americans and Knighthawks. The Americans are one of the AHL's most storied franchises, having operated since 1956. The Rochester squad has won six league championships. The Knighthawks have been a member of the NLL (formerly Major Indoor Lacrosse League) since 1995. They've won the league title twice, most recently in 2007. |
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