Tim Tebow to become part owner of expansion hockey team in the ECHL

Tim Tebow will likely be a part of an possession group bringing an growth hockey staff to Lake Tahoe, the ECHL introduced Monday.

The league, at the side of Zawyer Sports activities & Leisure, stated the staff will start play within the 2024-25 season. The Lake Tahoe staff expects to announce an NHL affiliation in February 2024.

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Tebow, the 2007 Heisman Trophy winner and former NFL playerwill accomplice with David Hodges, the CEO of Hodges Administration Group LLC, within the enterprise. The staff, at the moment unnamed, will play on the new Tahoe Blue Occasions Heart and assist develop the league’s attain.

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Heisman winner Florida QB Quarterback Tim Tebow -The Florida Gators received the sport 29-19 at Davis Wade Stadium in Starkville, Mississippi. (Daniel/Icon SMI/Corbis/Icon Sportswire by way of Getty Pictures)

“I like that sports activities can carry folks collectively from throughout to get pleasure from camaraderie, competitors, and neighborhood influence,” Tebow stated in a launch. “I’m so grateful for the chance to be a part of a bunch bringing hockey to the Tahoe space for followers and households to create recollections for years to return.”

Tebow is already a minority accomplice within the ECHL’s Jacksonville Icemen and Savannah Ghost Pirates,

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Tim Tebow (Mission Pushed Studios)

The staff would be the twenty ninth within the league, “increasing our geography within the western a part of the continent, and creating pure rivalries for visiting followers with the Idaho Steelheads, Utah Grizzlies, and all the Mountain Division,” ECHL Commissioner Ryan Crelin stated.

The ECHL at the moment has affiliations with 28 of the 32 NHL groups. There have been 740 gamers who’ve gone on to play in the NHL after beginning their careers within the ECHL.