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The Phoenix Coyotes appear to have one less potential buyer.
Ice Edge Holdings, a group made up of Canadian and American businessmen, no longer intends to participate in Thursday's auction for the bankrupt NHL team, according to a court filing Tuesday from NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman.
Ice Edge had initially said it would spend up to US$150 million to buy the team and keep it in Arizona, provided the group could work out a new lease arrangement with the city of Glendale.
If Ice Edge does not submit a bid, the field of buyers would narrow to Canadian billionaire Jim Balsillie and the NHL.
Balsillie has the highest bid at $242.5 million, contingent on moving the team to Hamilton.
The NHL bid $140 million to buy the team and keep it in Glendale after its board of governors voted 26-0 with three abstentions against Balsillie as an owner.
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