Silver Pursues Hockey Team

Bullfrog President and General Manager Stuart Silver is expected to be in Nevada today to make an offer to buy the Reno Rage of the West Coast Hockey League.

Silver said he intends to place $250,000 from unspecified investors with a Nevada bankruptcy trustee. He said his agent, Canadian sports broker Al Howell, believes the offer has a good shot of being forwarded to a federal bankruptcy court. If approved, Silver said he would move the Rage to the Anaheim Convention Center, perhaps in time to start the WCHL season in mid-October. He expects the court’s decision no later than Wednesday.

WCHL President Mike McCall said last week the Rage will not play this season because the nine-team WCHL schedule has already been published. But Silver said that he believes federal bankruptcy law provides a loophole for the team to operate.