Cougars Ownership Says Thanks
Prince George, B.C. – Plan for the future as though nothing has changed and it will be business as usual when the future arrives.
That would seem to be the tack the Prince George Cougars’ front office is taking, even though it appears that with.html)
At this time it is not known whether, sale approval forthcoming, there will be a sendoff for owner Rick Brodsky and Vice-president and daughter Brandi Brodsky, who brought their WHL team to Prince George twenty years ago. However, one thing seems quite clear from this week’s posting on the Cougars’ website, the Brodskys want to say thanks to everyone who has supported their endeavors.
The detailed post gives a big thank-you for the support the club received in the 2013-14 season, and says to its corporate sponsors “we are already hard at work putting together a plan of action for 2014-2015, and we strongly hope to join forces with your business as we move forward.” The organization thanks its community partners, billets, volunteers, off-ice officials and media partners. And to the team’s loyal fans and season-ticket holders the Cougars say “we hope the past 20 seasons have provided you and your families with much enjoyment and excitement, and we look forward to sharing all of our future successes with you all. September can’t arrive soon enough, as the CN Centre is simply not the same without your presence."
After all, a wise business person operates on the assumption that the sale won’t go through.
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“After all, a wise business person operates on the assumption that the sale wonât go through”
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Huh???????
I thought Brodsky was losing money hand over fist and that the rumoured sale price was around $7 million?
Based on those “facts” a wise business would operate on the assumption that the sale will go through and they should be doing everything in their power to make it happen.
Believing that the sale won’t go through would be nothing more than a nightmarish fall back position, LOL.
bye by Brodsky and family, can’t say I am going to miss you.
Operate on the assumption the sale won’t go through in respect to addressing the fan base and sponsors. In other words, don’t burn your bridges too soon.
âwe hope the past 20 seasons have provided you and your families with much enjoyment and excitement, and we look forward to sharing all of our future successes with you all.”
In 16 out of those 20 seasons, the Cougars have either not made the playoffs or been eliminated in the first round. To the owners and hockey people within the organization: This is not good enough.
I was once given free tickets to see the Cougars play. Worth every cent.
Whatever people my think, or have to say about the Brodsky family, I have to ask one question,and make one comment, bot of which I feel sheds light on some major flaws within the Cougars franchise. Are there any other Cities that have had a team in Major Junior Hockey for 20 years that haven’t attempted to get a Memorial Cup Tourney in their City? Why have the Cougars never tried ? The nepotism within the organization to some, may have been admirable, but I feel it was a series of nails in the the Cougars coffin
viking: “Are there any other Cities that have had a team in Major Junior Hockey for 20 years that haven’t attempted to get a Memorial Cup Tourney in their City? Why have the Cougars never tried ?”
They have tried. They made a bid a few years ago and it fell flat. The problem with hosting a Memorial Cup is that you need a team good enough to be there.
What’s the point of being the host team when you are going to face not only the best in the league, but the best in the whole country and you don’t have a team that can compete.
I still believe in my heart that the biggest problem with the Cougars is/was the top three owners/management.
Witth the right people at the top there may bell be hope for this team…but not with what they have now.
Everythin ghas been changed, more than once in same cases, and notheing changed… so with that said change the top..
We say good riddance. Hopefully the new owners will realize its kids futures they are playing with and to bring in spectators you must put a winning team on the ice.
I really hope the boys do well with the new owners, will really show what a joke the Brodsky family is
I think the Brodsky family are making the best of a bad situation. After all their skills are not very transferable.
They won’t be working at a neighborhood cool-aid stand anytime soon, but one has to assume their future prospects will not compare to the opportunity of running a WHL team in both a good building like the CN Center, and in a decent market like PG how it was in the early years.
I’m sure even if the new ownership does take over that the Brodsky family will still want to be associated with the Cougars. That makes sense to me, but being vindictive wouldn’t.
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