http://www.mail.com/organizations/1386654-national-hockey-league-players-association.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/organizations/1386654-national-hockey-league-players-association.html http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2082062-boogaard-family-sues-nhl-sons-death.html MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Joanne Boogaard watched her son Derek duke it out on the ice with other NHL tough guys for six seasons as one of the most feared enforcers in the game, a 6-foot-7 brawler who was not there to skate or score, but to defend his teammates when it was called for. "He was there protecting his teammates at all costs," she said in a statement ... Mon, 13 May 2013 22:09:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2082062-boogaard-family-sues-nhl-sons-death.html 2013-05-13T22:09:20Z http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/2047316-nhl-thriving-despite-short-season-lockout.html NEW YORK (AP) — Whatever damage was caused by the latest long NHL lockout, the league isn't feeling the fallout as it gets set to start this year's playoffs. With just a few days left in the shortened 48-game season, a look back shows that fans are still flocking to arenas and tuning in on TV sets. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman told a meeting of Associate... Fri, 26 Apr 2013 20:14:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/2047316-nhl-thriving-despite-short-season-lockout.html 2013-04-26T20:14:50Z http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1895172-nhl-meets-with-iihf-olympic-issue.html NEW YORK (AP) — Two days of talks between the NHL and international hockey officials wrapped up Friday with signs that the league will wind up sending its players to the 2014 Sochi Games. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman and International Ice Hockey Federation President Rene Fasel met for about 2½ hours after a 90-minute get-together Thursday night. No new t... Fri, 15 Feb 2013 20:38:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1895172-nhl-meets-with-iihf-olympic-issue.html 2013-02-15T20:38:43Z http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1892396-decision-yet-nhl-players-olympics.html NEW YORK (AP) — A decision on whether NHL players will head to the 2014 Sochi Olympics isn't likely this week, but a first day of discussions went well. Talks between the NHL, the NHL players' association, and officials from the International Ice Hockey Federation and the International Olympic Committee stretched into Thursday night as the parties worked ... Fri, 15 Feb 2013 00:55:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1892396-decision-yet-nhl-players-olympics.html 2013-02-15T00:55:23Z http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1826756-10-things-to-upcoming-nhl-season.html The lockout that lasted 119 days has ended, the new collective bargaining agreement is in place and the NHL is finally about to play games again after hastily arranged weeklong training camps around the league. Here are 10 questions and answers about the upcoming season: 1. What's the potential downside to teams playing 48 games in 99 d... Thu, 17 Jan 2013 10:02:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1826756-10-things-to-upcoming-nhl-season.html 2013-01-17T10:02:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1812572-nhl-players-to-voting-thursday.html NEW YORK (AP) — NHL players will have 36 hours from Thursday night until Saturday morning to vote on the new labor deal that would end the four-month lockout. The players' association announced that electronic voting will begin Thursday at 8 p.m. EST and will last until Saturday at 8 a.m. The union said it will announce the result after voting is finished... Thu, 10 Jan 2013 22:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1812572-nhl-players-to-voting-thursday.html 2013-01-10T22:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1810642-nhl-owners-unanimously-approve-labor-deal.html NEW YORK (AP) — NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman felt all the anger directed toward him as the lockout dragged on and threatened to wipe out the entire hockey season. So when he stood on a podium bearing the league shield on Wednesday and announced that the owners unanimously approved the labor deal reached over the weekend with the players' association, he ... Thu, 10 Jan 2013 07:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1810642-nhl-owners-unanimously-approve-labor-deal.html 2013-01-10T07:42:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1807210-bruins-ice-bu-they-wait-nhl-season.html BOSTON (AP) — Boston Bruins defenseman Dennis Seidenberg drove by the TD Garden on Tuesday morning on his way to Boston University, where a handful of his teammates have been skating to keep in shape while waiting for the NHL season to start. "I got a really good feeling imagining going out on the ice and getting excited about being able to play again," h... Tue, 08 Jan 2013 19:24:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1807210-bruins-ice-bu-they-wait-nhl-season.html 2013-01-08T19:24:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1801052-drop-puck-nhl-players-settle-labor-dispute.html 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 restart a sport desperate to regain momentum and boost its prominence. Ending a bitter dispute ... Sun, 06 Jan 2013 21:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1801052-drop-puck-nhl-players-settle-labor-dispute.html 2013-01-06T21:55:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1799292-sides-nhl-labor-rift-meet-day-with-mediator.html NEW YORK (AP) — A federal mediator held over 12 hours of separate talks with the NHL and the players' association Friday before stopping for the night with a promise to get going again in the morning. The sides remained apart all day, buffered by the presence of federal mediator Scot Beckenbaugh, who shuttled back and forth between the hotel where the uni... Sat, 05 Jan 2013 04:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1799292-sides-nhl-labor-rift-meet-day-with-mediator.html 2013-01-05T04:32:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1795128-nhl-players-association-meet-deep-night.html NEW YORK (AP) — A federal mediator rejoined negotiations between the NHL and the players' association that stretched into the early hours of Thursday morning but still haven't produced a deal to get hockey back on the ice. After a series of meetings during the day Wednesday, the sides reconvened at night and were together until nearly 1 a.m. The biggest n... Thu, 03 Jan 2013 05:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1795128-nhl-players-association-meet-deep-night.html 2013-01-03T05:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1794116-nhl-players-union-meet-30-minutes.html NEW YORK (AP) — The proposals are flying back and forth between the NHL and the players' association. Whether significant progress is being made in the process still isn't all that clear. The league made a counteroffer on Tuesday night in response to one it received from the players on Monday and now the NHL is waiting for another answer. A full day of sm... Wed, 02 Jan 2013 03:22:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1794116-nhl-players-union-meet-30-minutes.html 2013-01-02T03:22:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1792182-nhl-union-to-return-to-table-monday.html NEW YORK (AP) — The NHL and the players' association are ready to get back to the bargaining table. There were no formal negotiations Sunday, but all signs pointed to talks on Monday in an effort to end the lockout and save the season. "There will be no further face-to-face meetings today," the union said in a statement Sunday. "The plan is for the sides ... Sun, 30 Dec 2012 20:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1792182-nhl-union-to-return-to-table-monday.html 2012-12-30T20:55:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1783012-ap-source-nhl-players-closer-to-dissolving-union.html NEW YORK (AP) — NHL players gave the executive board the right to take steps to dissolve the union, and they signed off on it in overwhelming fashion. In a vote this week, union members decisively agreed to give the players' association's board the power to file a "disclaimer of interest" until Jan. 2. A person familiar with the outcome of the vote told T... Sat, 22 Dec 2012 08:11:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1783012-ap-source-nhl-players-closer-to-dissolving-union.html 2012-12-22T08:11:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1782636-nhl-players-vote-step-toward-dissolving-union.html NEW YORK (AP) — NHL players are a step closer to dissolving their union. Union members voted this week to give the players' association's executive board the power to file a "disclaimer of interest" until Jan. 2. A person familiar with the outcome of the vote told The Associated Press on Friday that the measure passed easily, drawing more than two-thirds ... Fri, 21 Dec 2012 22:48:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1782636-nhl-players-vote-step-toward-dissolving-union.html 2012-12-21T22:48:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1775248-hainsey-nhl-labor-talks-to-resume.html NEW YORK (AP) — Winnipeg Jets defenseman Ron Hainsey is getting antsy. Not only is he anxious to get back to the bargaining table with the NHL, he really wants to be on the ice with his teammates. Just not at all costs and not without the right deal. As part of the negotiating committee for the players' association, Hainsey has kept busy during the lockou... Tue, 18 Dec 2012 22:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1775248-hainsey-nhl-labor-talks-to-resume.html 2012-12-18T22:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1774918-hainsey-anxious-to-nhl-labor-talks-restarted.html NEW YORK (AP) — Winnipeg Jets defenseman Ron Hainsey is getting antsy. Not only is he anxious to get back to the bargaining table with the NHL, he really wants to be on the ice with his teammates. As part of the negotiating committee for the players' association, Hainsey has kept busy during the lockout by taking part in the ongoing talks with the NHL. Bu... Tue, 18 Dec 2012 20:52:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1774918-hainsey-anxious-to-nhl-labor-talks-restarted.html 2012-12-18T20:52:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1768272-nhl-files-unfair-labor-charge-union.html NEW YORK (AP) — The NHL and its locked-out players might turn up in a courtroom before they find their way back onto the ice. In a wild week in which the fighting sides had two fruitless sessions with a federal mediator and another round of bargaining via conference call, the most significant event occurred Friday night when the NHL brought its ongoing di... Sat, 15 Dec 2012 09:19:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1768272-nhl-files-unfair-labor-charge-union.html 2012-12-15T09:19:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1764790-nhl-labor-talks-wrap-up-with-progress.html NEW YORK (AP) — Negotiators from the NHL and the players' association made it into the same room to talk this time. They just didn't carry any meaningful progress out of it. A second straight day with a federal mediator didn't do anything to bring the sides closer to a settlement on Thursday as the lockout dragged on with dwindling hope that the hockey se... Fri, 14 Dec 2012 08:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1764790-nhl-labor-talks-wrap-up-with-progress.html 2012-12-14T08:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1756324-nhl-cancels-games-through-dec-30.html NEW YORK (AP) — The NHL eliminated 16 more days from the regular-season schedule Monday, and if a deal with the players' association isn't reached soon the whole season could be lost. The league wiped out all games through Dec. 30 in its latest round of cancellations. Already, 422 regular-season games had been called off through Dec. 14 because of the loc... Mon, 10 Dec 2012 22:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1756324-nhl-cancels-games-through-dec-30.html 2012-12-10T22:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1754912-nhl-union-resume-labor-talks-this-week.html NEW YORK (AP) — The NHL and the locked-out players' association are talking again, and a return to the bargaining table could happen soon. After a few days to cool off following an epic collapse in negotiations, the league and the union have been in touch with each other in an attempt to restart conversations that could save the hockey season. ... Sun, 09 Dec 2012 23:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1754912-nhl-union-resume-labor-talks-this-week.html 2012-12-09T23:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1750398-optimism-turns-to-despair-nhl-talks-break.html NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Fehr thought he and the hockey players he leads were close to a deal to save the season. The NHL said not so fast, and then took away everything that created all the optimism in the first place. When the 82nd day of the lockout was over, it was hard not to think the sides were thrown back to the very start of the fight. The problem ... Fri, 07 Dec 2012 08:15:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1750398-optimism-turns-to-despair-nhl-talks-break.html 2012-12-07T08:15:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1747524-nhl-rejects-players-offer-to-break-labor-impasse.html NEW YORK (AP) — Instead of closing in on a deal, the NHL and the players' association are further apart than ever before. Union executive director Donald Fehr began the first of his two news conferences Thursday night by proclaiming he believed the sides had agreements on such issues as actual dollars, and then returned moments later to reveal the NHL rej... Fri, 07 Dec 2012 03:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1747524-nhl-rejects-players-offer-to-break-labor-impasse.html 2012-12-07T03:08:00Z