By Canadian Press

Wayne Gretzky, Steve Nash join forces with Las Vegas lacrosse team

Jun 21, 2021 | 6:36 AM

LAS VEGAS — Two of Canada’s most prominent athletes are part of the ownership group of the National Lacrosse League’s new Las Vegas franchise.

The NLL says Wayne Gretzky and Steve Nash will join golf star Dustin Johnson and Brooklyn Nets owner Joe Tsai in the ownership group for the expansion team.

The league’s 15th team will start play in the fall of 2022.

Johnson is engaged to Gretzky’s daughter, Paulina. 

Tsai also owns the NLL’s San Diego Seals.

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Gretzky also played lacrosse while growing up in Brantford, Ont.

Nash, now the coach of the Nets, grew up in Victoria, a lacrosse hotbed.

Nash and Gretzky both have experience as sports team owners.

Nash is a co-owner of Major League Soccer’s Vancouver Whitecaps, while Gretzky was a co-owner of the CFL’s Toronto Argonauts in the early 1990s.

The Toronto Rock, Halifax Thunderbirds, Calgary Roughnecks, Saskatchewan Rush and Vancouver Warriors are the five Canadian teams in the NLL.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 21, 2021.

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