BOIVIN: CANADIENS LIKELY TO BE SOLD TO GROUP

          Canadiens President Pierre Boivin said that control of
     the team "is more likely to be sold to a consortium rather
     than one single company," according to Kathryn Leger of the
     FINANCIAL POST.  Boivin: "I think there will be a group,
     probably not a large group, but a group of complementary
     interests."  Boivin also said that the private auction for
     the assets, which is "scheduled for completion" by the end
     of 2000, is "on track."  Boivin: "We have identified the
     interested buyers and now we are in the phase of meeting
     with them" (FINANCIAL POST, 9/29).  While reports have
     stated that buyers "were more interested in the team than
     the expensive and heavily taxed" Molson Centre, Boivin said
     that the team and arena "will be sold together."  Boivin
     also announced a three-year plan to raise season-ticket
     sales to 16,000, which he said would be a "club record." The
     team's season-ticket base has dropped to about 13,700 --
     12,000 seats and 1,700 in luxury boxes (CP, 9/29).