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April 12, 2005
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NLRB reviewing NHL claim
The NHL Players’ Association is violating labor law by insisting union members who choose to become replacement players give back their lockout pay, according to a prominent labormanagement relations analyst. The NHL was well within its rights to file an unfair labor practices charge with the U.S. National Labor Relations Board over the policy and has a good chance of winning, says Bill Adams, a Kentuckybased NLRB expert. “They can’t do that, they can’t restrain their players,” Adams said. “I don’t think they can get that (return payment) enforced. It all depends on what their constitution and bylaws say.” It would be unusual if the union’s constitution allowed it to make such a demand of its members, Adams said. The union has been giving its members “lockout pay” believed to be between $5,000 and…
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
BRING ON THE SHOOTOUT! The shootout is a great way to add excitement to the NHL’s humdrum regular season brand of hockey. (THN, March 29) The playoffs can stay the way they are, but the regular season needs an infusion of excitement. The game must continue to evolve as it has over the last century. There have been many rule changes and modifications since the game began, so the shootout should be given a chance to succeed. Mike Kavanagh, Little Neck, N.Y. SHOOTOUTS STINK The Hockey News’ support of the shootout as a method of settling ties in the NHL simply astounds me. I have an even better idea: Why not just skip the hockey game and have 60 minutes of shootouts? Wouldn’t that be much more exciting than a dull old hockey game?…
My NHL includes…
In our Feb. 1 issue, we asked fans and hockey personalities to complete the sentence “My NHL includes…” Here is a submission from long-time NHL referee Kerry Fraser. My NHL includes a Smithsonian of memories compiled over 1,551 regular season and 252 Stanley Cup playoff games. One game, however, stands alone and exemplifies how the NHL can brighten the darkest hour, even as the curtain of life is being drawn closed. It was a bleak, frigid morning on Feb. 8,2001 as I shivered outside the Marriott Hotel along the icy Detroit River, awaiting the arrival of the Krumholtz family from Corunna, Ont. The prior evening, Gary Krumholtz advised me he wasn’t sure if his cancer-stricken wife, Margaret, was strong enough to make the trip and participate in the wish she had for…
Stimulants an issue?
NHL TEAM REPORTS in the wake of the cancelation of the NHL season, we’ve condensed our NHL team reports into an extended notebook. As such, not all 30 teams will be represented each issue. To hear Los Angeles defenseman Stephane Quintal tell it, the NHL has more than just steroids to worry about its players abusing. Quintal claims 40 per cent of NHLers use stimulants such as Sudafed, Ultimate Orange and Ripped Fuel on a regular basis in an attempt to get a leg up on their foes. “You take Ripped Fuel before a match, you’re super-excited,” Quintal said. “And when the match is over, you have to take other pills to sleep, otherwise you stay awake until five in the morning. The pills are there, within reach of everybody.” Quintal made the comments…
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