Thomas Scallen was the first owner of the NHL

National Hockey League

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's Vancouver Canucks

Vancouver Canucks

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. He owned the team from 1970 to 1974, when Frank Griffiths

Frank Griffiths

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, an owner of several Vancouver area radio and television stations, the next largest shareholder in the Canucks, took over after Scallen was arrested.

A Minnesota

Minnesota

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 businessman associated with many companies, Scallen was also the chairman of Medicor, a medical insurance company based in that state. He was president of International Broadcasting Corporation, which owned the Ice Capades

Ice Capades

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 and Harlem Globetrotters

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. The company filed for bankruptcy in 1991. Later, he was chairman and principal owner of Century Park Pictures, an entertainment company that for a time owned the Minnesota Pike arena football

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 team. From 1999-2009, he was the owner of Chanhassen Dinner Theatres in Chanhassen, Minnesota

Chanhassen, Minnesota

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, one of the nation's largest dinner theater

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