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  • Milbury On Goodenow


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    from William Houston of Truth & Rumours, For a moment during Hockey Night In Canada, Mike Milbury seemed ready to pull off his shoe and use it on Ian Pulver. The big guy was sputtering over Pulver’s rules-are-rules attitude to a suggested solution for an NHL problem. Pulver, a Bob Goodenow acolyte and now a ...
    6 hours ago
  • The Morning Skate: Concussions, DiPietros Return and Sticks


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    News of the N.H.L. on Tuesday.
    6 days ago
  • News of Hockey, 11/23/09: Kellys New Job to Raise College Hockeys Profile


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    Paul Kelly, dismissed as executive director of the N.H.L. Players Association last summer, will be introduced at a Tuesday news conference as head of a new organization, College Hockey Inc.
    1 week ago
  • Paul Kelly Goes Back To College


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    from Kevin Allen of Mucking and Grinding, Former NHL Players Association Executive Director Paul Kelly fulfilled his wish to stay in hockey by accepting a job as executive director of the newly-formed College Hockey, Inc. The Hockey Commissioners Association created the organization for the purpose of raising ...
    1 week ago
  • NHL Looking At Mandatory Soft Shoulder Pads


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    from Darren Dreger of TSN, There are a number of NHL players currently wearing soft-capped shoulder pads. If NHL general managers have their way, these shoulder pads will be mandatory next season. Kris King, the NHL’s VP of hockey operations has been overseeing the initiative for five years and is in the process ...
    1 week ago
  • Hockey Fights Cancer Month A Big Success


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    NEW YORK / TORONTO (November 17, 2009) – The National Hockey League® (NHL) and the National Hockey League Players’ Association (NHLPA) together raised more than $650,000 in support of Hockey Fights Cancer and other cancer-related organizations during October’s Awareness Month. More than half-a-million ...
    1 week ago
  • Evening Line


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    “It’s been a mess for years and years and years.  I don’t think people we’ve had in there before Paul Kelly were helping it at all. There are a lot of untrustworthy people who have done some untrustworthy things. “I’ve seen a lot of mishandling of money, mishandling of arbitration cases, mishandling of ...
    2 weeks ago
  • Your Latest NHLPA News


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    TORONTO (November 12, 2009) – The National Hockey League Players’ Association (NHLPA) today announced that the NHLPA Executive Board has voted to establish two committees.  The first committee will review the NHLPA’s constitution.  The second committee will begin the search process for a new Executive ...
    2 weeks ago
  • NHLPA Gets Help from Fehr


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    While the state of the National Hockey League is in disaray, retiring MLBPA union leader Donald Fehr has made himself available to the new commitee trying to find a suitable leader as well as revising the Union constitution."Hopefully, my experience at the MLBPA will be of help as the NHLPA members consider the ...
    2 weeks ago
  • Rewriting The NHLPA Constitution


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    from Darren Dreger of TSN, A committee has been formed to review and very likely rewrite the National Hockey League PA’s constitution. Dallar Stars goaltender Marty Turco, Boston Bruins goaltender Tim Thomas, along with Florida Panthers forward Dominic Moore and Buffalo’s Steve Montador have been appointed by ...
    2 weeks ago
  • Paul Kelly Is Still The Best Man For The Job


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    from Stan Fischler at the Hockey Journal, Paul Kelly (Newton Highlands, Mass.) should be reinstated as executive director of the NHL Players’ Association. That is because he is the best man available for the job. And he is better than anybody that the bumbling union could possibly sign on for more millions of ...
    2 weeks ago
  • News of Hockey, 11/9/09: Two Hits to the Head, One Suspension


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    Calgarys Curtis Glencross is banned three games for his check to the head of the Rangers Chris Drury. Now Minnesota wants a ban for the Dallas player who knocked out Petr Sykora.
    2 weeks ago
  • Afternoon Line


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    Greg Hardy in his Power Rankings (sports related) at ESPN tries to be funny… It looks like a senior staff member of Alberta’s health services was fired after arranging for members of the Calgary Flames and their families to skip ahead of thousands of other patient Canucks in order to receive their H1N1 shots. ...
    2 weeks ago
  • The Morning Skate: A Headshot Hearing, a Union Adrift and a Lot of Hurting


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    The N.H.L. is reportedly penalizing Flames forward Curtis Glencross for his hit on the Rangers Chris Drury after a rare hearing in response to a head shot this season.
    3 weeks ago
  • Interim Ombudsman Resigns From NHLPA


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    from TSN, On Sunday, Buzz Hargrove announced that he is leaving his post as interim Ombudsman for the NHLPA. He had held the role since March 1, 2009 after serving on the Advisory Board for five months prior to that. Eric Lindros was Ombudsman before Hargrove. “After much reflection I have come to the conclusion ...
    3 weeks ago
  • The Battle In The NHLPA Continues


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    from Elliotte Friedman of CBC, On the surface, the fight inside the NHLPA is all about Paul Kelly’s firing. But, it goes deeper than that. Right now, the union finds itself at a crossroads, in the middle of its most important decisions since the overthrow of Alan Eagleson. It’s not only about who will lead - ...
    3 weeks ago
  • NHLPA To Blame For Safety Issues, Not The NHL


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    By Mark “The Hard Hitter” Ritter… In 1979, after years of resistance by NHL players, the NHL made helmets mandatory for  players entering the league. Veteran players that were currently helmet-less would be allowed to let their locks fly if they chose, but the goal was to have all players wearing helmets ...
    3 weeks ago
  • The Mystery Man For The NHLPA


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    from Red Fisher of the Montreal Gazette, What they need is someone with a hockey background who has played on both sides of the street. The best-case scenario is that he’s a lawyer, has worked in the NHL front office, must have held an executive position with an NHL team to understand the players’ needs, and ...
    3 weeks ago
  • Announced crowds???


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    Was it just me…or did anyone else notice the attendance Wednesday night at the Bank Atlantic Center, in Sunrise, FL, for the Hurricanes/Panther game? I’m not talking about the “announced” crowd of 12,424 that the team posts on the official scoresheet. I was wondering if my eyes have finally given way to old ...
    3 weeks ago
  • More On The Heatley Grievance


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    from Eric Duhatschek of the Globe and Mail, Publicly, the NHL’s position – on the rare occasions when commissioner Gary Bettman will discuss the NHLPA’s trials and tribulations – is that the league believes a strong union is good for business. Deep down, it is hard to imagine they truly believe that. ...
    3 weeks ago

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