Although some considered that financing THURSDAY NIGHT AT THE SYMPHONY was more in line with the Sloan image, the Sloan Guaranty Trust was, in fact, sponsoring an ice hockey team, and a very successful one at that. Senior vice-president John Putnam Thatcher couldn't work up a great deal of enthusiasm about the Huskies himself, but there were a lot of people around who were passionate about them.
However, when the real estate dealer who was endeavouring to buy up a controlling interest in the team was shot dead, the Sloan found themselves with the sort of publicity they could well have done without.