Throughout the 1990s, the Hells Angels Canadian president Wolodumir "Walter or Nurget" Stadnick cultivated various Ontario biker leaders such as Frank "Cisco" Lenti of the Loners and Bernie "the Frog" Guindon of Satan's Choice in attempts to persuade them to "patch over" to the Hells Angels. Unlike the murderous Quebec Hells Angels president Maurice "Mom" Boucher who sought to annihilate the Rock Machine, Stadnick had a more diplomatic and conciliatory approach, favouring having the majority of the Ontario clubs "patching over" to become Hells Angels while leaving the rest to "wither on the vine and die". Stadnick, who was born and grew up in Hamilton, had been the leader of a local biker gang called the Wild Ones, who had been defeated in a biker war by the Outlaws in 1978, forcing him to relocate to Montreal where he joined the Hells Angels in 1982; it was always his dream to bring the Hells Angels to his home province. Stadnick also sought to expand the Hells Angels into the Prairies.