{"id":875555,"date":"2026-08-29T07:48:27","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T07:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/875555\/"},"modified":"2026-08-29T07:48:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T07:48:27","slug":"two-time-stanley-cup-winner-joins-nanaimo-clippers-ownership-group-nanaimonewsnow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/875555\/","title":{"rendered":"Two-time Stanley Cup winner joins Nanaimo Clippers\u2019 ownership group | NanaimoNewsNOW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6f5bb650-5ea9-4301-906c-3f0ccc98a422-1.jpg\" class=\"object-fit-cover\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A new ownership structure for the Nanaimo Clippers has been announced, weeks ahead of the 2026\/27 season. (Image Credit: Damon James\/Island Images Photography)<\/p>\n<p>By NanaimoNewsNOW Staff<\/p>\n<p>capital investment<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tAug 28, 2026 | 2:44 PM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>NANAIMO \u2014 Two new investors are joining the Nanaimo Clippers\u2019 ownership group.<\/p>\n<p>The BC Hockey League team announced Friday, Aug. 28, the addition of Roman Tkachenko and former NHL defenceman Oleg Tverdovsky to Northern Lights Hockey Canada LLC, the organization which purchased the team in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Existing team president Brad Kwong will remain a managing partner, while a statement from the team said both Tkachenko and Tverdovsky will bring \u201cfresh, committed capital and renewed energy\u201d to the team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re proud to invest in the Clippers and in Nanaimo,\u201d Tkachenko said in the statement. \u201cThis is a franchise with tremendous history and passionate fans, and we\u2019re committed to providing the resources and support it needs to thrive and be successful for years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new ownership structure for the Nanaimo Clippers has been announced, weeks ahead of the 2026\/27 season. (Image&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":875556,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[879,49,48,2467,2461,2468,2460,2462,2463,44,448,2464,2465,2466,82],"class_list":["post-875555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-breaking-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-central-vancouver-island","tag-nanaimo","tag-nanaimo-breaking-news","tag-nanaimo-news","tag-nanaimo-news-now","tag-nanaimonewsnow","tag-news","tag-nhl","tag-oceanside","tag-parksville","tag-qualicum","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=875555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875555\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/875556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=875555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=875555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=875555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}