Epic Games co-founder buys stake in NHL team
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Eddie Makuch, News Editor
Mark Rein and wife Tara join new group of investors becoming co-owners of Carolina Hurricanes professional hockey team.
Epic Games vice president and co-founder Mark Rein is now a co-owner of the NHL's Carolina Hurricanes. Rein, and his wife Tara, are among the professional hockey team's latest round of investors, the organization announced today.
The Carolina Hurricanes play their home games at the PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina, just a 10-minute drive from the Gears of War and Unreal Engine company's headquarters.
Mark and Tara join transportation service Pitt Ohio president and owner Chuck Hammel, along with two investors who wished to remain nameless, as members of Hurricanes Holdings. It was not mentioned what level of investment the Rein family committed to.
The Carolina Hurricanes were not always known by that name. The team was formed as the New England Whalers, before later becoming the Hartford Whalers, based out of Connecticut's capital city.
The team moved to North Carolina in 1997 and rebranded themselves the Carolina Hurricanes. The squad won the Stanley Cup during the 2005-2006 season.
By
Eddie Makuch, News Editor
Eddie Makuch (Mack-ooh) is a News Editor at GameSpot. He works out of the company's Boston office in Somerville, Mass., and loves extra chunky peanut butter.
43 comments
@Daian Since the week is winding down, they need something to report on to keep them busy. lol
1 Like Tell me when they buy a nice car or a house with a swimmingpool and a tenniscourt.
I'm more interested in cars and houses than hockey teams.
...or maybe write about actual gaming news
Good for him and his wife, Carolina isn't a bad team and has a good fan base. Pretty safe investment if you ask me.
3 Like Irrelevant. Did you run out of Cliffy speak? At least that was relevant, still annoying, but at least relevant. This isn't a trade mag. We don't need to know this.
@ryanc22 @Carpetfluff Yup, 'cos I find Eddie's obsession with Epic related news weirdly compelling. I commented so as not to waste the journey. I never claimed to have an 'oh so busy life' and have no need to toot my own horn. I am however, allowed an opinion, just like you lot and you're allowed to think it's bullcrap if you like - and take time out of your lives to tell me about that feeling too.
@Carpetfluff @ryanc22 I was referring to the readers in general with my "oh so busy life" comment and tooting their own horn, was not singly pointing you out.
4 Like The Vice President and cofounder of a game company now owns a hockey team. To my knowledge, this doesn't happen very often. What's the harm in informing us about it?
1 Like @ObeseChipmunk Unless Epic Games is gonna make an NHL ice-skating third-person shooter/brawler where I can chainsaw Wayne Gretzky, I don't give a shit about this waste of space called "News" on a GAMING website.
1 Like I hope Epic Games does just that so you'll be happier next time. Bear in mind, though, that Wayne Gretzky is a formidable opponent.
1 Like @ObeseChipmunk I agree, but a good chunk of gamespot readers are idiots who like to take time out of their "oh so busy life" to criticize an article on gamespot and toot their own horn.
2 Like Genius, expect an E.A spokesman to address us soon as to why the Hurricanes are not to feature in NHL 2014, lol
1 Like @LemonCreed next nhl should have a mutation where aliens occasionally abduct your players
Now they just need to get Lester Speight to be the arena announcer. Let the awesomeness commence!
2 Like I love hockey more than video games...but is this really needed on this website? Lol. Whatever gets you those page views huh? That would be awesome to own a team though...let's go Pens!
1 Like @LemonCreed @Oldboy08 It's not news about Epic Games at all. It is news about someones personal investments, who just so happens to have a day job at Epic Games.
@DarkSaber2k @LemonCreed @Oldboy08 A day job? He's the co founder of Epic Games lol, that's one hell of a day job.
@GamerOuTLaWz @DarkSaber2k @LemonCreed @Oldboy08 He "Owns" them in the very loosest possible definiton of the term. If anything he's more like a shareholder. Who are technically owners, but again, very loosely.
@DarkSaber2k @LemonCreed @Oldboy08 One does not own a NHL team by simply having a day job at Epic games.
@GamerOuTLaWz @Wingus-T-Dingus I got respect for the Holy Grail of Hockey. Least you're not a Leafs fan.
Nucks and Canes are my boys though.
Noticing how the Connecticut-bred Makuch added a bit of Connecticut-centric information to the post! ;-)
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