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Daly and Jets deny columnist’s claim Jacobs bullied them in meeting

Jeremy Jacobs, Cam Neely

Boston Bruins owner Jeremy Jacobs, left, laughs with team president Cam Neely during a news conference about the NHL hockey team’s season, in Boston on Thursday, May 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

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Joe Haggerty of CSNNE.com managed to turn a few heads today with his column pointing the finger at Bruins owner Jeremy Jacobs for his role in the lockout.

In it he shared a story detailing how Jacobs bullied members of the Winnipeg Jets organization during a Board of Governors meeting for being the new guys in town. That story is now being denied by both the league and the Jets.

NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly tells Gary Lawless of the Winnipeg Free Press that the incident never occurred. That same sentiment was shared with Winnipeg Sun sports editor Ted Wyman.

Haggerty, meanwhile, holds his ground saying, via Twitter: “Duly noted. I stand by my reporting.”

This is the second time in the past month the league has come out and vehemently denied a story involving an NHL owner.

A couple of weeks ago, it was Flyers owner Ed Snider who was reported to disagree with how the lockout was proceeding and wanted to see it ended soon. That was quickly denied by Snider himself saying he supports Commissioner Gary Bettman and was followed up by Bettman himself calling the report a “fabrication.”

UPDATE (7:35 p.m. ET): Jets owner Mark Chipman released a statement, shared here at CSNNE.com:

“I was disappointed to learn today of a report which claimed an exchange took place between an Alternate Governor of the Winnipeg Jets and Jeremy Jacobs of the Boston Bruins at a recent NHL Board of Governors meeting. I was present throughout all BOG proceedings and can categorically state that no such exchange between Mr. Jacobs and either one of our Alternate Governors - Patrick Phillips or Kevin Cheveldayoff - ever took place. Any suggestion otherwise is completely false.”