Topic: Gary Bettman
The NHL board of governors approved a radical realignment plan on Monday to give the league four conferences rather than the current six divisions in two conferences.The plan was approved on the opening day of the board's meeting, but will not be ...
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - The Philadelphia Flyers and New York Rangers will take their rivalry outside as the two teams are set to clash in the 2012 Winter Classic, the National Hockey League (NHL) said on Monday.The teams will face off at Philadelphia's ...
VANCOUVER (Reuters) - NHL commissioner Gary Bettman was talking tough Wednesday, promising harsher penalties for violence next season and introducing the league's new chief disciplinarian Brendan Shanahan.Bettman used his state of the league address ahead of Game One of the Stanley Cup ...
RALEIGH (Reuters) - Despite the introduction of new rules designed to reduce the number of head shots, concussions remain on the rise in the National Hockey League (NHL), commissioner Gary Bettman said on Saturday."The increase in concussions appears to be in the ...
PHOENIX (Reuters) - A $197 million deal to help keep the Phoenix Coyotes in suburban Phoenix has won Glendale city council approval.The agreement, approved in a 5-2 vote late on Tuesday, will require the city to pay prospective team buyer Matthew Hulsizer ...
Glendale council OKs Coyotes lease, paves way for saleThe Glendale City Council has approved a new lease for the Phoenix Coyotes, clearing the way for sale of the team by the NHL to Chicago businessman Matt Hulsizer.The council voted 5-2 late Tuesday ...
In 1992 dissident club owners forced out John Ziegler as the league president, named Gil Stein as a temporary replacement, and chose Gary Bettman as the league's first commissioner. On Feb. 1, 1993, Bettman, the National Basketball Association's 40-year-old senior vice president ...
The question, why is hockey less popular than other sports, has plagued many hardcore hockey fans for some time. First of all, one can not dismiss the role the NHL commissioner Gary Bettman plays in this fiasco. The only right move Bettman ...
I am a hockey fan-a crazed, die-hard, hockey-loving Canadian, to be exact. Gary Bettman has ruined, and is continuing to ruin the National Hockey League. The NHL was already heading south (both literally and figuratively speaking) when Gary Bettman took the reigns ...
Devils fined $3 million by NHL, lose 2 draft picks as punishment for Kovalchuk contractThe NHL has harshly penalized the New Jersey Devils for signing Ilya Kovalchuk to a contract that circumvented the league's salary cap.Commissioner Gary Bettman has fined the Devils ...
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