By Elaine Donnelly
Extending sexual misconduct to combat units
The NHL moved a step closer to realignment Thursday as the players' association approved a proposed plan that is set to go into effect next season.
According to the NHLPA, 73 percent of players are wearing a visor this season, up from 69 percent last season. The Hockey News reported just 28 percent of players wore a visor in 2001-02.
Baseball union head Michael Weiner says reporters should refrain from jumping to conclusions about media reports linking players to a Florida anti-aging clinic accused of distributing banned performance-enhancing drugs.
Now that a tentative deal is done, one big question remains: When is the puck finally going to drop on the long-delayed hockey season?
With the season on the line, the NHL and the players' association agreed on a tentative pact to end a 113-day lockout and save what was left of a fractured schedule.
The day fans and players have been waiting months for finally arrived. The NHL lockout is over.
They walked into a Manhattan hotel, knowing they were running out of time to save their season.
Word of the end of the NHL lockout traveled fast for the Washington Capitals. Players' Association representative Jason Chimera was the first to find out the news
Hockey is back, and it took nearly four months and one long night to get the game back on the ice.
These were the words hockey fans were waiting to hear for the first 100-plus days of the NHL lockout. Commissioner Gary Bettman delivered them early Sunday morning.
Hockey is back, and it took nearly four months and one long night to get the game back on the ice.
A federal mediator has finally been able to get the NHL and the players' association back together Saturday for their first face-to-face meeting since talks broke down two days earlier.
Mediation between the NHL and the players' association started again Saturday morning about 12 hours after it ended Friday night.
A federal mediator held over 12 hours of separate talks with the NHL and the players' association Friday before stopping for the night with a promise to get going again in the morning.
A federal mediator bridged the widening gap between the NHL and the players' association during 12 hours of talks without getting the fighting sides in the same room.
"Hopefully within just a very few days the fans can get back to watching people who are skating, not the two of us," Fehr said.
Fehr said players proposed they get $393 million over the length of the deal, while the NHL is at $211 million.
