Executive Transactions

The Avalanche yesterday fired GM FRANCOIS GIGUERE. Former GM and current President PIERRE LACROIX "will assume Giguere's duties" until he finds a successor, who is "expected to come from a handful of in-house candidates" (DENVER POST, 4/14)....NYRA promoted VP/Pari-Mutuel Operations PATRICK MAHONY to Senior VP/Mutuels (NYRA)....The Ohio Valley Conference named Associate Commissioner & COO BRAD WALKER interim Commissioner (MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL, 4/11)....The Eastern Professional Hockey League (EPHL) named EPHL Jersey Rockhoppers co-Owner & President CURTIS RUSSELL President, replacing TIM KOLPIEN (EPHL)....Former Active Imagination Owner & Dir of Strategy ADAM NISENSON has formed sports marketing consultancy The Captivate Group (Captivate)....Peritus Publication Relations has launched an equine marketing division, and the firm named LISA SHEEHY Dir of Equine Marketing (Peritus).

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