BCHL hockey is a long way from what it was a year ago, and the Nanaimo Clippers owner can乌鸦传媒檛 wait any longer.
Wes Mussio announced Saturday that the Clippers junior A hockey club is now for sale, posting the news on Facebook and mentioning a lack of support from the provincial government for the BCHL and its franchises.
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He hopes that spreading the news that the team is for sale will help lead to better offers, and said he乌鸦传媒檚 had 乌鸦传媒渃lose to a dozen乌鸦传媒� inquiries already, with people figuring it乌鸦传媒檚 a fire sale and they can buy low.
Mussio said he promised his wife at the start of the pandemic that he would reassess the hockey club乌鸦传媒檚 situation after a year, and said he doesn乌鸦传媒檛 see a chance of hockey returning as normal, this year, next year, and maybe not even the year after that. He said without fans watching the games, 乌鸦传媒渋t乌鸦传媒檚 over乌鸦传媒� for the Clippers.
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He said if things change and he gets 乌鸦传媒渟urprised pleasantly乌鸦传媒� and can see a pathway forward, he won乌鸦传媒檛 sell the Clippers, but and has started thinking about buying a hockey team in the U.S.
Mussio has now sold his condo in Nanaimo, but said he loves the city and the Clippers and won乌鸦传媒檛 sell the club to an owner who isn乌鸦传媒檛 worthy.
乌鸦传媒淚 hope an owner or a group of owners can take over and they can withstand heavy losses, but with the lockdowns and all those sort of things that are happening, it乌鸦传媒檚 just not an economically viable business to have乌鸦传媒ξ谘淮綕 Mussio said. 乌鸦传媒淵ou just can乌鸦传媒檛 run a business under these rules, end of story, full stop.乌鸦传媒�
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