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One-on-one with Mark Chipman

This is one of the moments Mark Chipman envisioned when he signed a cheque for $180 million and landed a National Hockey League franchise.

A city engulfed in playoff fever. A team united, convinced it can do some damage. A coach and management team working in tandem, humming along like a well-tuned V-8.

The automobile business never produced this kind of rush or garnered this level of attention. Nobody publicly shouts out the corporate name of that arm of the family empire.

Yet you won't find the man driving True North Sports and Entertainment basking in the spotlight very often — if ever.