National Hockey League Players' Association

NHL, players partner with You Can Play against homophobia

2013-04-11 13:05:00

The National Hockey League and the NHL Players’ Assn. on Thursday announced they have formed a partnership with the You Can Play project, which promotes respect for athletes regardless of their sexual orientation. The league and the players’...

NHL Players' Assn. plans a survey about grandfathering in visors

2013-03-20 16:47:00

NHL general managers met Wednesday in Toronto to discuss a variety of issues, including player safety, but didn’t put forward any rule changes. The NHL Players’ Assn., which was represented there, said it will poll its members this summer...

No ringing endorsement, yet, for NHL players in Sochi Olympics

2013-02-11 00:00:00

The countdown to the Sochi Olympics slipped beneath the one-year mark last week with a huge question looming: Will NHL players participate in Russia's first-ever Winter Games? The answer should be clearer after executives of the NHL, NHL Players' Assn....

NHL, players meet with mediator but not each other

2013-01-04 13:55:00

Federal mediator Scot Beckenbaugh met separately with representatives of the NHL and the players union on Friday in New York, but his efforts toward what the NHL Players' Assn. described as “shuttle mediation” did not immediately lead to a...

NHL, players meet again in New York

2013-01-02 13:11:00

A delegation from the NHL Players' Assn. delivered another proposal to the league during a meeting Wednesday at the NHL's Manhattan offices. The session�broke up after about an hour to allow�NHL executives to analyze the�latest�move in what has suddenly...

There's no real winner in NHL labor settlement

2013-01-07 00:00:00

It's why our games have shootouts, extra innings, overtime or penalty kicks. Sports fans like to have a clearly defined winner and loser, and they want to pass judgment quickly. Ties have become unacceptable even if a deadlock accurately reflects the...

NHL players vote to authorize effort to dissolve their union

2012-12-21 13:26:00

Members of the NHL Players’ Assn. have voted to authorize their executive board to dissolve the union, which would pave the way for players to file antitrust lawsuits against the NHL. Several people who are knowledgeable about the decision but are...

NHL follows the NBA only so far in its labor negotiations

2012-11-22 20:35:00

The NBA season was slipping away as Thanksgiving 2011 approached. The league and the National Basketball Players Assn. were so far apart in labor negotiations that players took the drastic step of dissolving their union by filing a disclaimer of...

Scoreboard: May 1

2013-04-30 22:13:00

|TODAY| |COLLEGE BASEBALL| Northern State at Mary, 1 p.m. doubleheader � |TV SPORTS| Major League Baseball—Minnesota Twins at Detroit Tigers, Noon (FXSP); Washington Nationals at Atlanta Braves, 6 p.m. (ESPN) Soccer—UEFA...

What the NHL's lockout can teach you about your job search

2013-02-06 16:30:05

Brazen Careerist One hundred thirteen days. That's the total time it took for the recent National Hockey League lockout to end. Agreements could not be reached. Fans were angry. The 2012-'13 hockey season looked like it would never happen. However,...

Charity Hockey Game Cancelled

2013-01-08 10:57:00

The Johnstown Tomahawks announced Tuesday the first Johnstown Tomahawks Charity Classic benefiting the Pittsburgh Kids Foundation–Haiti and the Johnstown Tomahawks Foundation has been cancelled due to the recent tentative agreement reached between...

NHL, players settle labor dispute

2013-01-06 15:20:00

NEW YORK (AP) — They walked into a Manhattan hotel, knowing they were running out of time to save their season. � After 16 hours of tense talks, the NHL and its players finally achieved their elusive deal early Sunday morning, finding a way to...

NHL Players' Association executive director Donald Fehr, center, arrives for labor talks at NHL headquarters in New York with his brother, NHLPA counsel Steven Fehr, right, Wednesday.

2012-11-21 10:24:00