Howard Lapsley Baldwin was born on May 14,1942 and is an American entrepreneur and film producer.
14 Facts About Howard Baldwin
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Howard Baldwin has owned part of the Minnesota North Stars and Pittsburgh Penguins NHL franchises.
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Howard Baldwin is the CEO of Baldwin Entertainment, which has produced films such as the Academy Award-nominated Ray.
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Howard Baldwin became one of the youngest executives in professional sports when he became a founder and partner of the WHA's Boston-based New England Whalers in 1971 at the age of 28.
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In 1974, Howard Baldwin determined that the team needed its own building as the Whalers had been sharing the Boston Garden arena with the NHL's Boston Bruins.
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Howard Baldwin moved the Whalers from Boston to Hartford's new Civic Center Coliseum, a vehicle for the revitalization of downtown Hartford, with the team playing their first game there in 1975.
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In 1979 Howard Baldwin guided the WHA into a historic merger with the NHL with his New England Whalers making the transition to the more established league after their identity was changed to the Hartford Whalers.
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Howard Baldwin served as the managing general partner of the Whalers until the team was sold to local ownership in 1988.
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Howard Baldwin licensed the name Connecticut Whale to a franchise of the Premier Hockey Federation, a founding member of the 2015 upstart league.
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Howard Baldwin created the San Jose Sharks as an expansion team, later taking a controlling interest in the Minnesota North Stars, and before later purchasing the Pittsburgh Penguins, all of which are NHL ice hockey teams.
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Howard Baldwin was a founding investor in the World Football League and was to own a franchise in Boston, Massachusetts, but pulled out of the league before its inaugural 1974 season began.
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Howard Baldwin's specialty was buying franchises with very little of his own money invested.
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Howard Baldwin served as the Penguins chairman of the board and represented the club on the NHL Board of Governors.
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When Belzberg left the ownership group, Howard Baldwin recruited Roger Marino, a Boston investor.