Canadian Press
10/3/2006 4:14:59 PM
The second post-lockout season should focus on the players and the sport, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said Tuesday.
''Now that we've fixed our economics and energized the game with new rules and a standard of officiating that will be maintained going forward - I promise you that - we now have a chance to build on the momentum generated last season,'' Bettman said on a conference call on the eve of the 89th NHL season.
''We'll shine the spotlight on the players more than ever.''
Last season, most of the attention was on the aftermath of the lockout that wiped out the 2004-05 campaign and the many changes brought not only to the business of hockey but to the game on the ice.
There was a salary cap, revenue sharing and a complex collective bargaining agreement off the ice, while on it, there were several news rules and an unprecedented crackdown on obstruction.
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=179738&hubname=nhl
10/3/2006 4:14:59 PM
The second post-lockout season should focus on the players and the sport, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said Tuesday.
''Now that we've fixed our economics and energized the game with new rules and a standard of officiating that will be maintained going forward - I promise you that - we now have a chance to build on the momentum generated last season,'' Bettman said on a conference call on the eve of the 89th NHL season.
''We'll shine the spotlight on the players more than ever.''
Last season, most of the attention was on the aftermath of the lockout that wiped out the 2004-05 campaign and the many changes brought not only to the business of hockey but to the game on the ice.
There was a salary cap, revenue sharing and a complex collective bargaining agreement off the ice, while on it, there were several news rules and an unprecedented crackdown on obstruction.
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=179738&hubname=nhl