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NHL commissioner Gary Bettman is heading to Calgary Friday but says anything to do with a new arena for the Flames franchise is not on the agenda. He says he’ll meet with sponsors, some season ticket holders and team officials. But he says he won’t be wading into the issue of a new rink because the […]
Gary Bettman, who replaced league president Gil Stein under the new title of NHL commissioner on Feb. 1, 1993, is celebrating his 25th anniversary at the head of a league he has seen grow from 24 to 31 teams. Here’s a look at key events in the 65-year-old New York native’s reign: Revenue growth When […]
Even Gary Bettman’s pre-Stanley Cup final remarks couldn’t dampen the intrigue of the NHL championship series opener between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Nashville Predators on Monday night. The league’s commissioner, in his annual pre-final press conference, announced the Tampa Bay Lightning will play host to the 2018 all-star weekend in late January. This was a […]
Gary Bettman has always seemed comfortable playing the role of the villain. Every few years, the NHL commissioner is blamed by hockey diehards for “hurting the game,” and yet he remains willing to put on the black hat. That’s the case once again after the NHL’s announcement that it plans to sit out the […]
Gary Bettman’s legacy as NHL commissioner has a lengthy list of blunders. To name just a few, there’s the two-decade-long soap opera known as the Arizona Coyotes, the 2004-05 cancelled season, consistent attendance woes and a poor record of vetting at the ownership level. Anybody remember John Spano (Islanders) or John Rigas (Sabres)? But if Bettman follows […]
The International Olympic Committee and hockey’s governing body will have to make concessions before the NHL sends the world’s best players to the Winter Games in South Korea next year, commissioner Gary Bettman said on Friday. “As things stand today, you should assume we’re not going,” he said. Bettman made it clear at a breakfast […]
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said on Tuesday that with negotiations on Olympic participation at a standstill people should assume the league will not be sending its players to the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics. The NHL last met with the International Olympic Committee and International Ice Hockey Federation in early February but with no meetings on the […]
Predictably, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman continued his stubborn stance on whether or not the world’s best hockey players will participate in the 2018 Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea in 11 months. The clock has been ticking for a decision for some time now, but Bettman and the league’s board of governors appear to be […]
The NHL isn’t any closer to the 2018 Olympics, but 2022 remains a possibility. NHL commissioner Gary Bettman met Wednesday with media following the conclusion of the GM meetings in Boca Raton, Fla., and said there was no progress on NHL players attending the Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, less than one year from now. […]
The supposed deadline for the NHL to decide whether it will allow its players to compete in the 2018 Olympics has arrived, and we still don’t have an answer. It’s fair to wonder, then, what angle the commissioner is playing, writes Tim Wharnsby. CBC | Sports News
