Facts: - played for: philadelphia flyers florida panthers pittsburgh penguins los angeles kings - weight lb: 200 - career end: 2001 - position: centre - height in: 1 - draft year: 1988 - shoots: right - height ft: 6 - birth date: 4 june 1969 - career start: 1990 - image size: 167px - draft team: edmonton oilers - birth place: kimberley , bc , can - draft: 124th overall Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of len barrie .
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leonard g. barrie -lrb- born june 4 , 1969 in kimberley , british columbia -rrb- is a retired professional ice hockey forward who played 184 games in the national hockey league .he played for the philadelphia flyers , pittsburgh penguins , los angeles kings , and florida panthers .he is a former co-owner of the tampa bay lightning .he is currently the president of the victoria grizzlies of the british columbia hockey league .barrie was a real estate & resort developer in the victoria bc area .at one time he was the major partner in the bear mountain resort development in langford municipality .bear mountain includes the bear mountain westin hotel , golf course , and housing -lrb- single family homes and condominiums -rrb- .the apparent success of the bear mountain venture prompted the nhl board of governors , on june 18 , 2008 , to approve the sale of the tampa bay lightning to an investment group which included len barrie and movie producer oren koules .it was alleged that barrie and koules began to disagree on team management issues , that were believed to include nhl superstar vincent lecavalier being traded .this became such a problem that nhl commissioner gary bettman had to intervene and have a meeting with the two owners .both were given the opportunity to buy the other out .neither exercised that option and the team was later sold to jeff vinik , a minority owner of the boston red sox .the development of bear mountain resort has been criticized for damaging sensitive ecosystems and historic native sites .bear mountain currently has a new management team after being under court protection from creditors .january 19 , 2012 -lrb- times-colonist newspaper -rrb- - the bellagio hotel and casino have filed a claim against len barrie seeking more than $ 2 million us .january 20 , 2012 -lrb- globe & mail -rrb- - the results of an rcmp investigation into len barrie 's financial dealings with his former bear mountain golf resort and real-estate development were recently turned over to the b.c....