By Mike Sunnucks | Phoenix Business Journal
Southern California investment executive Darin Pastor has formed an “exploratory committee” to look into buying the Phoenix Coyotes hockey team and keep it in Glendale.
Pastor, CEO of Irvine, Calif-based Capstone Affluent Strategies, issued a press release Friday saying he and some business partners were looking into buying the Coyotes from the National Hockey League.
Capstone is a private wealth management firm and has an office in Phoenix.
Pastor is a former Prudential Insurance and JPMorgan Chase & Co. Inc (NYSE: JPM) executive. His grandfather and great uncles once owned a minor league hockey team in Buffalo.
Pastor’s Good Friday press release on his possible interest in the team comes after reports from Fox Sports Arizona and ESPN that Canadian investment banker and energy executive Greg Gosbee could also be looking at buying the Coyotes. Past Coyotes suitors — Matthew Hulsizer and Ice Edge Holdings LLC — could also still be in the ownership mix.