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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...

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06/02/12 Gary Bettman Has Been On This Earth For 60 Years Source: Kukla's Korner Gary Bettman, commissioner of the National Hockey League, was born today in Queens, N.Y. The 60-year-old Bettman, a graduate of Cornell University and New York University School of Law, has been commissioner since 1993.
06/01/12 Bettman Expects CBA Discussion To Begin So ... Source: Sports Business Daily NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman last night said that he "expected to begin negotiating with the players association in the next few weeks" on a new CBA, according to Kevin Allen of USA TODAY.
05/31/12 NHL labor issue raises its ugly head Source: Los Angeles Times - Los Angeles CA It seems hockey's fate is to always have its joy tempered by anxiety.
05/31/12 #NHL Face paint, Jersey Fouls and Pierre McGuire... Source: LetsGoKings.com Back when the New Jersey Devils were at the Meadowlands, the scene before Stanley Cup Final games resembled that of an NFL Sunday.
05/31/12 Kings win in OT, 2-1 Source: Cumberland Times-News - Cumberland MD NEWARK, N.J. â Anze Kopitar scored a spectacular goal on a breakaway with 11:47 left in overtime Wednesday night and the Los Angeles Kings beat the New Jersey Devils 2-1 in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals.

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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