NEW JERSEY DEVILS

NHL VALUATIONS $1.45B FORBES $1.16B SPORTICO $1.5B ROUSTAN OWNERSHIP DAVID Blitzer DAVID BLITZER AND partner Josh Harris own the New Jersey Devils and run HBSE (Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment). HBSE also owns operating rights to the team’s home arena, the Prudential Center and the NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers, while running the hockey operations for the Devils’ AHL affiliate, the Utica Comets. The 54-year-old Blitzer rose to prominence as a senior executive with Blackstone Group, while Harris, 58, is the founder of 26North, having previously co-founded Apollo Group Management. They’re both involved with the long-term strategy for the Devils, who produced a remarkable 49-point turnaround in 2022-23, when the team finished with 112 points and advanced to the second round of the playoffs for the first time since 2012. Blitzer and Harris piloted the investment group that acquired the…