If I remember correctly, when he first bought a piece of the Coyotes, the Sun did a piece on him, saying that he love hockey and always wanted to own a hockey team and since owning the Flames wasn't an option, he pursued the Coyotes.
The funny part of that article was that his mother is a diehard Flames fan and when he brought a Coyotes jersey to his mom, his mom refused to put it on.