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Gary Bettman Doesn't Want 'Public Debate' With Mario Lemieux

TAMPA, Fla. -- NHL commissioner Gary Bettman will not get into a public debate with Mario Lemieux over league discipline. Lemieux, the Pittsburgh Penguins owner, recently said that the NHL failed in its punishment of the New York Islanders following a fight-filled game between the teams last Friday -- and went so far as...

Accidental Collisions Cause Major Rise in NHL Concussions

RALEIGH, N.C. -- There has been a threefold increase in games lost due to concussions suffered through accidental collisions in the NHL this season, an alarming trend commissioner Gary Bettman noted before the NHL SuperSkills competition at RBC Center on Saturday. "The ideal number of concussions would be zero," Bettman...

Kings' GM Dean Lombardi Fined $50K for Questioning Integrity of NHL Official

Los Angeles Kings general manager Dean Lombardi was slapped with a $50,000 fine on Friday -- one of the stiffest fines on an NHL coach in recent memory for his comments questioning the integrity of league vice president Mike Murphy. A frustrated Lombardi was unhappy with Murphy's decision to uphold a goal by Phoenix...

Sidney Crosby Won't Face Challenge From Gary Bettman

Sidney Crosby did NHL commissioner Gary Bettman a huge favor when he denied a report that he might skip the All-Star Game at the end of the month as a sign of protest. In case you missed it, Crosby -- the face of the NHL and the biggest hockey star on the planet -- is on the sidelines suffering from a concussion, and the...

Gary Bettman Talks Winter Classic, HBO, Headshots and More

SAN JOSE -- As Gary Bettman was speaking at HP Pavilion on Tuesday night, a daylong drizzle continued outside the Sharks' arena, perhaps not the best advertisement for Northern California as a potential Winter Classic site. So when asked about playing any future Winter Classics in a warm-weather city, the NHL...

Gary bettman News From the Web

05/26/12 There Won't Be A New York-L.A. Stanley Cup Finals... Source: The Business Insider He will never admit this publicly, but if you could inject NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman with some truth serum, deep down, he had to be hoping for the New York Rangers to win the Eastern Conference Finals and set up a dream New York-L.A. matchup with the Los Angeles Kings in the Stanley Cup Finals.
05/23/12 Forecasting the PR Strategies for âNHL CBA 2012â. Source: Kukla's Korner With the NHL formally serving notice last week to the NHLPA of its desire to "terminate and/or modify" the current collective bargaining agreement by September 15th, hockey fans know for certain another potentially contentious round of labor negotiations will begin soon.
05/23/12 IOC still looking for a Canadian buyer for Sochi, Rio... Source: Globe and Mail Perhaps the biggest news about the Canadian TV rights for the 2014/2016 Olympics is that there's still no news.
05/22/12 Another lockout looms over Cup final Source: Calgary Herald - Alberta - Canada It might be wise for fans to enjoy these Stanley Cup playoffs while they can, because this could be the last NHL hockey anyone sees for quite some time.
05/21/12 NHL lockout looms after Cup final Source: The Gazette - Montreal - QC - Canada NEW YORK Ã¢ It might be wise for fans to enjoy these Stanley Cup playoffs while they can, because this could be the last NHL hockey anyone sees for quite some time.

Background on Gary bettman

Gary Bruce Bettman (born June 2, 1952) is the commissioner of the National Hockey League (NHL), a post he has held since February 1, 1993. Previously, Bettman was a senior vice-president and general counsel to the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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