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NHL commissioner Gary Bettman, left, speaks as NHL Players Association executive director Marty Walsh listens during a Hockey Fights Cancer announcement ahead of Game 1 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup final series between the Edmonton Oilers and Florida Panthers in Edmonton, Alberta, Wednesday, June 4, 2025. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)

Gary Bettman says NHL-NHLPA talks on a new CBA are ‘in really good shape’

NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman and NHLPA executive director Marty Walsh said negotiations on a new collective bargaining agreement are going well.
June 4
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman speaks before Game 3 of an NHL hockey Stanley Cup second-round playoff series between the Florida Panthers and the Toronto Maple Leafs, Friday, May 9, 2025, in Sunrise, Fla. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)

NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman says league encouraged by status of CBA talks with players

May 9
Florida Panthers right wing Kyle Okposo raises the NHL hockey Stanley Cup trophy after defeating the Edmonton Oilers, June 24, 2024, in Sunrise, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, file)

Kyle Okposo joins the NHL Players’ Association months after winning the Stanley Cup and retiring

May 1
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman, right and NHLPA executive director Marty Walsh speak to the media prior to the start of 4 Nations Face-Off hockey in Montreal on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025. (Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

Commissioner Gary Bettman says the NHL and NHLPA will begin CBA talks in early April

March 19
President Donald Trump, right, shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan, June 28, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Trump and Putin discuss a US-Russia hockey series during their call, the Kremlin says

March 19

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Washington Capitals defenseman Brooks Orpik (44) celebrates his game-winning goal in overtime of Game 2 of an NHL hockey first-round playoff series against the Carolina Hurricanes in Washington, April 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Nick Wass, File)

NHL union, Boston College announce program to help players go back to school and finish their degree

February 27
Marty Walsh, executive director of the NHLPA, speaks to the media ahead of Game 1 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Finals between the Florida Panthers and the Edmonton Oilers in Sunrise, Fla., June 8, 2024. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

NHL Players’ Association and Professional Hockey Players’ Association join the AFL-CIO

February 4
FILE - NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, left, speaks before Game 1 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Finals between the Florida Panthers and the Edmonton Oilers, June 8, 2024, in Sunrise, Fla. At right is NHL Players Association Director Marty Walsh. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, file)

Talks on a new NHL CBA are set to start early next year. Here’s why there is optimism

December 3, 2024
FILE - Julie Su speaks during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions confirmation hearing for her to be the Labor Secretary, on Capitol Hill, April 20, 2023, in Washington. The White House says that President Joe Biden has renominated Su to serve as labor secretary, whose confirmation languished in the Senate for more than 10 months. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Biden renominates Julie Su for labor secretary after Senate declined to confirm her for ten months

January 9, 2024
The Pittsburgh Penguins and Anaheim Ducks gather at center ice, before an NHL hockey game in Pittsburgh, Monday, Oct. 30, 2023, to honor former Penguin player Adam Johnson, shown on scoreboard, who died in while playing in an English hockey league game. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Player’s death from a skate cut to the neck in England leads to more NHL talks on cut protection

November 1, 2023
FILE - Fans watch as players warm up prior to the Arizona Coyotes' home-opening NHL hockey game against the Winnipeg Jets at the 5,000-seat Mullett Arena in Tempe, Ariz., Oct. 28, 2022. The Coyotes say owner Alex Meruelo has executed a letter of intent to buy a piece of land for a potential arena in Mesa, Arizona. The move comes months after voters in Tempe rejected a referendum to construct an arena there for the NHL club. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Coyotes say they’ve executed a letter of intent to buy land for a potential arena in Mesa, Arizona

August 9, 2023
FILE - Labor Secretary Marty Walsh speaks during a briefing at the White House in Washington, May 16, 2022. Marty Walsh was less than halfway through his term in the Biden administration as Secretary of Labor when the phone rang with an interesting opportunity. The call was about a job running the NHL Players' Association. The former mayor of Boston and longtime Bruins fan was intrigued, interviewed and earlier this year got the role as executive director. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Why Marty Walsh left the Biden administration to run the NHL players’ union

June 18, 2023

Biden nominates Julie Su to lead Labor Department

March 1, 2023