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Forbes: NHL's value highest in past 10 years

By Michael K. Ozanian and Kurt Badenhausen
Forbes.com

Friday, October 31, 2008

The 2007-08 season was the National Hockey League's most successful since Forbes began tracking team values 10 years ago. Fueled by higher ticket prices and a stronger Canadian dollar, revenue increased 13 percent to an average of $92 million per team, while operating income (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) rose 48 percent to $4.7 million per team. A stronger loonie helps teams north of the border, because they take in revenue in Canadian dollars but pay their p ...

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