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29 Apr 2014, 3:00 pm
Nine former players for the National Hockey League (NHL) filed a lawsuit in a U.S. federal court in Manhattan claiming that the league failed to warn players about the dangers of concussions. [read post]
16 Feb 2005, 4:02 pm
[JURIST] National Hockey League [official website] Commissioner Gary Bettman announced Wednesday [NHL statement] that the 2004-2005 hockey season has been cancelled because the league and the NHL Players' Association [union website] could not reach a new collective bargaining agreement [text of expired agreement; additional background]. [read post]
21 Dec 2009, 9:38 am
Reggie Fleming, a defenseman in the National Hockey League from 1959 to 1974, passed away in July at the age of 73 and was the first hockey player known to have chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). [read post]
14 Jul 2005, 11:45 am
[JURIST] The NHL [official website] and the National Hockey League Players' Association (NHLPA) [official website] have come to an agreement in principle [NHL and NHLPA joint statement], ending the longest labor interruption in North American professional sports history. [read post]
27 Dec 2016, 10:09 am
The National Hockey League realized last year that it has a growing problem with increased drug use by its players. [read post]
30 Apr 2011, 5:00 am
The National Hockey League (NHL), in conjunction with the NHL Players’ Association, launched an initiative in 1997 to improve the understanding of concussions. [read post]
24 Jan 2007, 6:19 am
[JURIST] A federal judge in Chicago has dismissed [NHLPA press release] a lawsuit [complaint, PDF; JURIST report] filed by a group of NHL players against Ted Saskin, head of the National Hockey League Players' Association [organization website]. [read post]
19 Oct 2007, 5:00 am
The National Football League (NFL), National Hockey League (NHL) and the National Hockey League Player's Association (NHLPA) have agreed to sponsor an educational program on sports concussions developed by the National Academy of Neuropsychology (NAN) and the National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA). [read post]
7 Nov 2019, 11:51 am
Players associations of the National Hockey League (NHL), Major League Baseball (MLB) and National Football League (NFL) filed suit against the city of Pittsburgh Tuesday, claiming that a tax imposed on athletes in the city is in violation of both the Pennsylvania and US Constitutions. [read post]
4 Feb 2013, 4:00 am
He was among those called upon to assist with National Basketball Association labour talks in 2011, as well as Major League Soccer negotiations in 2010, and the unsuccessful attempt to rescue the NHL’s 2004-05 season. [read post]
31 Mar 2010, 8:05 pm
The NHL Players Association, the final official body that needed to sign off on the rule change, gave its approval late last week. [read post]
1 Jan 2013, 3:14 pm
In 1979, the then 17-team NHL agreed to add four teams from its former competitor, the World Hockey Association. [read post]
22 Nov 2009, 10:30 pm
According to news reports, the National Hockey League Players Association has convinced a court to order the union's former Ombuds, Buzz Hargrove, to return all NHLPA-related documents. [read post]
10 Jul 2020, 6:34 am
The COVID-19 pandemic brought all professional sports to a sudden and unprecedented stop; Major League Baseball (“MLB”) paused its season during spring training, the National Hockey League (“NHL”) paused shortly before its playoffs were set to begin, and the National Basketball Association (“NBA”) paused its season, notably just after a player was diagnosed with the virus. [read post]
10 Sep 2012, 4:51 am
NHL Labor Talks on Hold: The Associated Press reports that the National Hockey League and its players' union met on Friday, but since then no new negotiations have taken place. [read post]
4 Oct 2011, 9:23 pm
True, there are plenty of hockey leagues abroad that NHL players leave for but they don’t pay nearly as well as the basketball leagues. [read post]
21 Apr 2014, 8:44 am
The players filed a class-action lawsuit last week alleging that the National Hockey League promoted fighting while subsequently downplaying the risks for head injuries associated with the [promoted] violence. [read post]
23 May 2008, 11:01 pm
Batterman is well known in labor circles for his National Hockey League work. [read post]
25 Apr 2010, 3:44 pm
While many of the implications for the NFL have been discussed through coverage of the case, this article suggests specifically how those changes would affect fans of the National Hockey League (NHL). [read post]
7 Mar 2012, 3:47 am
According to a recent NHL Players’ Association poll, 98 per cent of all players think fighting is just a part of the game. [read post]
