Columbus Owls

The Columbus Owls were a minor league professional ice hockey team in the International Hockey [League (1945–2001)|International Hockey League] from 1973 to 1977. Prior to 1973, the team was known as the Columbus [Golden Seals] since 1971. After 1977, the team moved and became the Dayton Owls, and later the Grand [Rapids Owls]. The longtime owner of the team while it was in Columbus, British-born mortgage writer Al Savill, leveraged his ownership of the club to purchase the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1975, which he owned until 1977.