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25 Mar 2011, 6:04 am
General Managers from the National Hockey League gathered earlier this month to discuss what procedures and rule changes were needed in order to protect players from suffering concussions on the ice. [read post]
17 Mar 2011, 6:08 am
Bob Probert, one of the National Hockey League’s most notorious players, has been found to have the degenerative disease more than 20 deceased football players have had: chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). [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]
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]
22 Jun 2011, 12:18 pm by Michael Kaplen
The National Hockey League (NHL) voted on Tuesday to change their rules that govern hits to the head in an effort to reduce concussions. [read post]
18 Oct 2006, 5:36 am
[JURIST] Russian hockey team Metallurg Magnitogorsk [team website; Wikipedia backgrounder] on Wednesday sued Evgeni Malkin, the Pittsburgh Penguins, and the NHL [TSN report] in a dispute over the star hockey player's move from Russia to the National Hockey League, the second such lawsuit to be filed this week by a Russian Super Hockey League team. [read post]
18 Oct 2014, 7:12 am by Immigration Prof
Wayne Gretzky From Canada | Hockey Player Hockey legend Wayne ("The Great") Gretzky, who was a star player from the age of ten, joined the National Hockey League and went on to become the game’s all-time greatest player: winning the... [read post]
26 Feb 2019, 11:28 am by zbrown
Caples, Jr. talk about a recent settlement in litigation brought by former hockey players against the National Hockey League surrounding concussions and CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy) with attorney Mike Andrews from the Beasley Allen law firm. [read post]
18 Oct 2013, 2:11 am
Professional hockey players have acknowledged that the game and the culture of the sport has changed. [read post]
25 May 2011, 12:39 pm
” Moreover, Minnesota Hockey, the state arm of the national hockey governing board, and the local district were incapable of conspiring.The May 12 decision, Minnesota Made Hockey, Inc. v. [read post]
1 Sep 2011, 10:49 am
Florida is fortunate enough to have two National Hockey League (NHL) teams -- the Florida Panthers and the Tampa Bay Lightning -- and as sports fans know, the National Hockey League has been recently embroiled in debates about head injuries. [read post]
9 Aug 2012, 11:14 am by Julia Zebley
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), Major League Baseball (MLB), the National Football League (NFL), the National Hockey League (NHL), and the National Basketball Association (NBA) [corporate websites] filed suit in the US District Court for the District of New Jersey [official website] alleging that the new Sports Gambling Law... [read post]
26 Feb 2019, 11:26 am by Legal Talk Network
Caples, Jr. talk about a recent settlement in litigation brought by former hockey players against the National Hockey League surrounding concussions and CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy) with attorney Mike Andrews from the Beasley Allen law firm. [read post]
27 Jan 2011, 7:25 am
The issue of the lack of racial diversity in the National Hockey League (“NHL”) is not a new one, but with the filing of a new lawsuit in California on January 25, 2011, it appears that the NHL may have other discrimination issues to worry about as well. [read post]
30 Apr 2011, 5:00 am by Michael Kaplen
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]
20 Jan 2008, 5:57 am
With more than 35 percent of [National Hockey League] players from Europe, there's a keen interest in taking more games overseas and even establishing teams there. [read post]
14 Apr 2005, 6:06 am
[JURIST] A group of amateur hockey players in Canada called the "Wednesday Nighters" has filed a claim in Ontario Superior Court [official website] to determine whether who can play for the Stanley Cup [Wikipedia profile], the trophy traditionally awarded to the winner of the National Hockey League (NHL) [official website] playoffs. [read post]
1 Aug 2007, 5:00 am
He has proposed that the National Hockey League adapt the same rule that some Canadian junior leagues have that penalize hits to the head. [read post]
10 Sep 2009, 12:49 pm
 It’s their sport, and I think it’s silly the National Hockey League expanded into cities that  only see snow when “It’s A Wonderful Life” is on television. [read post]