Labor issues in the NHL tournament (Part 2)

At midnight on September 16, 2012, the employment contract expired and the tournament was suspended again.

The bosses proposed to reduce the players’ share from hockey-related proceeds from 57% to 47%. All matches were postponed until January 14, 2013, along with the matches NHL Winter Classic 2013 and NHL All-Star Weekend 2013. On January 12, the league and the players’ association signed a memorandum of agreement on a new contract, allowing teams to begin training again from January 13, and the season will have 48 games remaining. starting January 19.

Safety issue for players

Ensuring the safety of the player became a huge problem and shocking, caused by the extreme impact on the head area, was the biggest threat. Recent studies have shown how brain concussions can affect players and impair their quality of life after they quit their jobs. Brainstorming becomes a hot topic every time arguments over safety for athletes break out. Indeed this injury significantly affected the tournament whenever top players were forced out of play, such as Sidney Crosby being sidelined for 10 and a half months, greatly affecting the league’s marketability. In December 2009, Brendan Shanahan was brought in to replace Colin Campbell and assumed the position of vice president for athlete safety. Shanahan started giving heavy penalties for the “godly” specializing in launching dangerous blocks, for example, Raffi Torres was banned 25 games for fighting Marian Hossa.

For example, to aid in the elimination of high-speed bumps in freezing situations that could lead to a career-ruining injury, Hurricane defender Joni Pitkanen, for example, offers a method of mixed-contact freezes from the 2013–14 season.

Women in the NHL

From 1952 to 1955, Marguerite Norris was president of the Detroit Red Wings. She was the first female director of the NHL and the first woman to have her name engraved on the Stanley Cup. In 1992, Manon Rheaume became the first woman to play a match at any of the major North American professional sports leagues, as a goalkeeper for Tampa Bay Lightning during the NHL pre-season warm-up. with team St. Louis Blues, intercepted seven of the opponent’s nine shots. In 2016, Dawn Braid became the Arizona Coyotes skating coach, becoming the first woman to work as a time court coach at the NHL.