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☆ Wrong to push players into being activists, says Subban
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-31 | by ( Steve Keating | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

"We cannot push everyone to be an activist, we need to be very careful," Canadian Subban told Reuters. "I'm not saying it is right or wrong to wear the (Pride)jersey, we have just got to be very careful how we push players to do things. Instead the blame lies with the media, says Subban, for only telling half the story. "The people that write the articles, the people that push certain narratives in the media they have to be held accountable," he added. "There's many players in the league that have started programs - why aren't the media talking about that.

☆ The NHL's Arizona Coyotes suspend minority owner after assault-related arrest at Aspen hotel
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-25 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Andrew Barroway, 57, was arrested in Colorado while staying at an Aspen hotel with his wife. The Arizona Coyotes suspended Barroway from his position as a minority owner, Aspen Daily News reports. The Scottsdale resident is currently a minority owner of the Coyotes, but he held majority ownership between December 2014 and July 2019, per Aspen Daily News. Then, at 5:23 p.m., the team said: "The National Hockey League is aware of the arrest of Arizona Coyotes' minority owner Andrew Barroway. According to the affidavit obtained by Aspen Daily News, Barroway's wife "had bruising on her ankles, knees, and blood on her hands."

☆ Fanatics will become the NHL's official uniform supplier, replacing Adidas
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-21 | by ( Jessica Golden | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Fanatics will replace Adidas as the official uniform supplier for the National Hockey League starting with the 2024-2025 season, the league announced on Tuesday. The 10-year deal marks a deepening of the company's relationship with the NHL and the first time Fanatics branding will appear on official player uniforms in professional sports. Fanatics runs the NHL's e-commerce site with more than 90 million customers worldwide. In addition, Fanatics has long-standing relationships with more than 80 current and former hockey stars through its memorabilia and collectibles division. Fanatics said Tuesday it will manufacture the new NHL uniforms in Canada at the same factory that had been making the NHL's on-ice uniforms for the last three decades.

☆ Sharks goalie Reimer declines to wear Pride jersey
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

March 18 (Reuters) - San Jose Sharks goalie James Reimer said he will not wear the National Hockey League team's Pride jersey during warm-ups ahead of their game against the New York Islanders on Saturday because they do not align with his religious beliefs. Reimer is the second NHL player to refuse to participate in a team's Pride-themed initiatives following a similar decision by Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Ivan Provorov in January. In addition, both the New York Rangers and Minnesota Wild opted against wearing Pride jerseys and using sticks wrapped in rainbow tape during their Pride nights in January. As part of the Sharks' Pride Night, the team had specially-designed nameplates put on locker stalls while some players will use Pride Tape on their sticks. The Sharks said in a separate statement that they are proud to host Pride Night and that it reinforces the team's commitment to inclusiveness but also said they support Reimer's decision.

☆ Connor McDavid Is Having an Epic NHL Season—but His Team Is Still Struggling
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-08 | by ( Laine Higgins | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

In eight NHL seasons, Connor McDavid has carried the expectations of being the savior of the Edmonton Oilers and the second coming of Wayne Gretzky. This year, he’s got an added burden: dragging the Oilers into the National Hockey League playoffs on the back of his best offensive season ever. McDavid is on a rampage as he skates through what is turning out to be one of the most prodigious individual seasons of this century. On Monday night against the Buffalo Sabres, he lifted the Oilers to a 3-2 win and tallied his 124th point of the season. It set a new career single-season high for the center—and Edmonton still has 17 games left to play in 2023.

☆ Italian prosecutors probe response to migrant tragedy
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-02 | by ( Angelo Amante | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The same request has been made to the Coast Guard, Italian media reported. There was no immediate comment from the Coast Guard or the prosecutors. Italian President Sergio Mattarella visited survivors in a local hospital on Thursday, handing out toys to children. Frontex said the boat was sailing without signs of distress but it alerted the Italian authorities as its thermal cameras indicated there could be a number of people below deck. Media have questioned why the Coast Guard, whose vessels are better equipped to face rough seas, was not deployed until it received an emergency call the next morning.

☆ Biden nominating Julie Su as next US labor secretary
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-28 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Julie A. Su, nominee for deputy secretary of Labor, testifies during her Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee confirmation hearing in Dirksen Building on Tuesday, March 16, 2021. President Joe Biden on Tuesday said he planned to nominate Julie Su, the current deputy and former California official, as his next labor secretary, replacing the departing incumbent, former Boston Mayor Marty Walsh. Su, a civil rights attorney and former head of California's labor department, was central to negotiations between labor and freight rail companies late last year, working to avert an economically debilitating strike. If confirmed by the Senate, Su would also be the first Asian-American in the Biden administration to serve in the Cabinet at the secretary level. Vice President Kamala Harris and U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai are of AAPI descent but don't lead a Cabinet department.

☆ U.S. Labor Secretary Walsh appointed as executive director of NHL union
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-16 | by ( Kanishka Singh | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

WASHINGTON, Feb 16 (Reuters) - U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh has been named executive director of the National Hockey League Players' Association (NHLPA) and will step down from his Cabinet position, the union and the Labor Department said on Thursday. Walsh, 55, who had been expected to step down from his labor secretary role, will assume his new position in mid-March, the NHLPA said in a statement. Walsh was recommended for the job after a nine-month search by a player-led committee, the union said. As labor secretary, Walsh had vowed to boost union membership, a key issue for Biden. The NHL players' union represents 750 athletes, according to the organization.

☆ Capitals' Ovechkin announces death of his father
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Feb 15 (Reuters) - Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin announced the death of his father on Wednesday, a day after his National Hockey League team said they would be without the Russian forward for the foreseeable future. "My father died ... I thank everyone for the support but ask for your understanding and not to disturb my family in this extremely difficult time for us! Thank you," Ovechkin wrote in an Instagram post translated by Reuters. Reporting by Frank Pingue in Toronto; Additional reporting by Gabrielle Tetrault-Farber in GenevaOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Walsh will then start his new private-sector job as executive director of the NHL labor union, the hockey news website reported. The NHL Players' Association did not respond to a request for comment. Deputy Labor Secretary Julie Su, a former California labor secretary, is expected to take over as acting secretary. As Labor secretary, Walsh had vowed to boost union membership, a key issue for Biden. The NHL players' union represents 750 athletes, according to the organization.

☆ U.S. Labor Secretary Walsh to depart Biden administration, source says
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Biden, set to delivers his State of the Union address to Congress later on Tuesday, relied on Walsh to negotiate labor talks that helped avert a railway shutdown in September. Walsh will step down in the days following Biden's address, the Daily Faceoff, a hockey news website, reported on Tuesday citing sources. Walsh then be installed as executive director of the NHL labor union, the website reported. The NHL Players' Association did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Council of Economic Advisers chair Cecilia Rouse and National Economic Council director Brian Deese are expected to depart in the coming weeks.

☆ U.S. Labor Secretary Walsh to step down -source
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

WASHINGTON, Feb 7 (Reuters) - U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh will step down from his position, a person with knowledge of the matter said on Tuesday, and media reports said he would take on a new position as head of the National Hockey League (NHL) Players' Association. Walsh will step down in the days following Tuesday's State of the Union address by President Joe Biden, the Daily Faceoff, a hockey news website, reported on Tuesday citing sources. The White House declined to comment. Reporting by Nandita Bose and Rami Ayyub;Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Labor Secretary Marty Walsh to Step Down
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-07 | by ( Andrew Restuccia | Natalie Andrews | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

WASHINGTON—Labor Secretary Marty Walsh is planning to leave the Biden administration, according to people familiar with the matter, marking the first change among President Biden’s cabinet secretaries since he took office. Mr. Walsh is expected to become executive director of the National Hockey League Players’ Association, which does collective bargaining on behalf of NHL players, the people said. He has begun informing officials in the administration about his intention to leave, some of the people said.

☆ Biden Labor Secretary Marty Walsh to become head of NHL players union
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-07 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh speaks during a news conference at the White House in Washington, April 2, 2021. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh will leave his post in the Biden administration to become head of the NHL players' union, sources confirmed to NBC News on Tuesday. Walsh, 55, is a former mayor of Boston. His planned departure to become executive director of the National Hockey League's Players Association was first reported by The Daily Faceoff, a hockey news site. Walsh is the first statutory member of President Joe Biden's cabinet to leave office.

☆ Exclusive: Warner Bros Discovery licenses movies and TV shows to Roku, Tubi
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-31 | by ( Dawn Chmielewski | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Jan 31 (Reuters) - Warner Bros Discovery Inc (WBD.O) has reached deals with streaming services Roku Inc (ROKU.O) and Fox Corp's (FOXA.O) Tubi to license 2,000 hours of movies and TV series, as it becomes the latest media company to embrace free, ad-supported streaming TV. The streamers announced Tuesday they plan to use the content to launch Warner Bros-branded free, ad-supported TV (or FAST) channels. For the first nine months of 2022, Warner Bros Discovery's streaming business, which includes HBO Max, lost $1.38 billion. The studio is seeking to capitalize on a growing segment of the streaming universe, which industry executives see as complementing subscription streaming services. AMC Networks Inc (AMCX.O), Comcast Corp's (CMCSA.O) NBCUniversal and the National Hockey League have launched FAST channels over the last year.

☆ Hall of Famer 'Golden Jet' Bobby Hull dies at 84
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/3] Former NHL star Bobby Hull (L) embraces his son Brett Hull during an on-ice ceremony to introduce the 2009 Hockey Hall of Fame inductees before the Toronto Maple Leafs' and Detroit Red Wings' NHL hockey game in Toronto November 7, 2009. REUTERS/ Mike Cassese/File PhotoJan 30 (Reuters) - Hockey Hall of Famer Bobby Hull, the first National Hockey League player to score more than 50 goals in a season, has died at the age of 84, the Chicago Blackhawks said on Monday. "Hull is part of an elite group of players who made a historic impact on our hockey club," the Blackhawks said in a statement. "When Bobby Hull wound up to take a slapshot, fans throughout the NHL rose to their feet in anticipation and opposing goaltenders braced themselves," NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said in a statement. The decision cost Hull a chance to play for Team Canada in the 1972 Summit Series against the Soviet Union as the NHL blocked his participation.

☆ Rangers back right to 'beliefs' after Pride Night jerseys absent from warm-ups
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-28 | by ( Amy Tennery | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] May 3, 2021; New York, New York, USA; Zac Jones #6 of the New York Rangers skates with a stick decorated for "Pride Night" in warm-ups prior to the game against the Washington Capitals at Madison Square Garden. Players were widely expected to take the ice to warm up wearing jerseys and using Pride-themed tape that honored the LGBTQ+ community as part of the NHL team's seventh annual Pride Night. Images from last year's Pride Night showed players wearing jerseys with rainbow accents and wielding hockey sticks wrapped in rainbow-color tape. "Our organization respects the LGBTQ+ community and we are proud to bring attention to important local community organizations as part of another great Pride Night," Rangers said in a statement. It marks the second time this month that a Pride Night has seemingly not gone to plan in the National Hockey League, after Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Ivan Provorov boycotted his team's Pride Night festivities.

☆ Provorov was 'free to decide' to boycott Pride Night, says NHL
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-18 | by ( Frank Pingue | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Jan 18 (Reuters) - The National Hockey League (NHL) said on Wednesday that players are free to decide which initiatives to support after Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Ivan Provorov's boycott of the team's Pride Night festivities. The NHL, whose annual "Hockey is for Everyone" campaign each February focuses on ways to promote diversity and inclusion, said Provorov was within his rights to sit out the warmup. "Clubs decide whom to celebrate, when and how — with league counsel and support," the NHL said in a statement. "Players are free to decide which initiatives to support, and we continue to encourage their voices and perspectives on social and cultural issues." The group also said it was disappointed the focus following the Flyers' Pride Night is on Provorov rather than an arena that was otherwise full of support for the LGBTQ+ community.

☆ NHL roundup: Connor McDavid hits milestone in Oilers' win
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

Barzal is on a career-best, five-game goal streak, and he has six goals and two assists during that span. Vancouver goaltender Collin Delia made 30 saves, while Elias Pettersson, Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Ilya Mikheyev each collected two assists. Ty Smith also scored for Pittsburgh, which lost its sixth straight game, just one off matching its longest losing streak of the season. Nicolas Aube-Kubel, Martin Fehervary and Garnet Hathaway also scored, Dylan Strome had three assists, and Darcy Kuemper made 25 saves. Washington has won a franchise-record seven straight road games and is 7-0-2 in its past nine games overall and 12-2-3 in its past 17.

☆ Hamlin’s collapse spurs new wave of vaccine misinformation
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-05 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

While the Bills have not said whether Hamlin was vaccinated, about 95% of NFL players have received a Covid-19 vaccine, according to the league. The blog proves no relationship between the incidents and Covid-19 vaccines; it also includes in its count reported deaths from cancer and emergencies of unknown causes. It' snot surprising that misleading claims about Covid-19 vaccines surged following Hamlin's cardia arrest, given how much vaccine misinformation has spread since the pandemic began, said Jeanine Guidry, a Virginia Commonwealth University professor who researches health misinformation and vaccine hesitancy. High-profile public events like Hamlin’s collapse often create new waves of misinformation as people grasp for explanations. For people concerned about vaccine safety, Hamlin’s sudden collapse served to affirm and justify their beliefs, Guidry said.

☆ NHL, NHLPA unable to host 2024 World Cup of Hockey, eye 2025
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Nov 11 (Reuters) - The National Hockey League (NHL) and its players' association (NHLPA) said on Friday they would be unable to put on the World Cup of Hockey in 2024 as hoped and would instead aim to hold the tournament in February 2025. The eight-team international tournament is held at irregular intervals and has occurred three times previously, with the United States winning the inaugural event in 1996 and Canada coming out on top in 2004 and 2016. "Over the last year, the NHL and the NHLPA have been working on plans to conduct the next World Cup of Hockey, the premier international best-on-best hockey tournament, in February 2024," the NHL and NHLPA said in a joint statement. "Unfortunately, in the current environment it is not feasible to hold the World Cup of Hockey at that time." Reporting by Amy Tennery in New York Editing by Christian RadnedgeOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Some Twitter users are already abusing the platform’s new for-purchase verification badges by impersonating high-profile athletes, including NBA star Lebron James. A bogus tweet from the verified account impersonating James came from the handle “@KINGJamez.” It erroneously claimed that the Lakers player had requested a trade. The tweet from the verified account pretending to be McDavid falsely claimed the player was signing with the New York Islanders. In recent days, several previously verified users who impersonated Musk were banned from the platform. Prior to Musk’s Twitter acquisition, the platform had rules against impersonation and rules about how parody accounts could be used on the site.

☆ Ryan Reynolds interested in buying NHL's Ottawa Senators
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Wayne Sterling | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Canadian actor Ryan Reynolds is interested in buying the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL). “I am trying to (buy the Senators),” Reynolds told Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show. “This was a necessary and prudent step to connect with those deeply interested parties who can show us what their vision is for the future of the team,” Senators chairman and governor Sheldon Plener said in the Friday statement. Reynolds was born in Vancouver but spent time in Ottawa. “I grew up in Vancouver which has my heart always, but I also grew up in Ottawa, Canada, as I spent a long time in Vanier, which is a little town right inside Ottawa,” Reynolds said.

☆ Mitchell Miller: Boston Bruins president says team 'failed' in signing controversial prospect
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( Wayne Sterling | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Boston Bruins president Cam Neely apologized and said the team “failed” by signing prospect Mitchell Miller. The National Hockey League (NHL) deemed Miller ineligible to join the team due to a bullying incident the player participated in when he was a teenager. Boston signed Miller to an entry-level contract on Friday, then rescinded it on Sunday. “I’m extremely upset that we have made a lot of people unhappy with our decision,” Neely said at a Monday news conference. “I take pride in the Bruins organization and what we stand for, and we failed there.

☆ Phil Kessel: Vegas Golden Knights star breaks NHL record after not missing a game for almost 13 years
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Ben Church | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Vegas Golden Knights star Phil Kessel has broken the National Hockey League (NHL) ‘ironman’ record after he played his 990th consecutive game on Tuesday. Kessel, 35, started his impressive streak on November 3, 2009, when he made his debut for the Toronto Maple Leafs. It’s neat,” an understated Kessel told reporters when he initially tied the record on Monday. “I’ve been fortunate.”Kessel poses with the pucks from his 990th consecutive NHL game. Ten more and Kessel will become the first player to feature in 1000 consecutive games, but he’s certainly not getting carried away.

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