by Bill Pollock | Jan 7, 2013 | Sports Features
With news that the NHL lockout has come to an end, as the National Hockey League and the National Hockey League Players’ Association reached agreement on the framework of a new collective bargaining agreement, a small group of St. Louis Blues players took to the...
by Bill Pollock | Dec 28, 2012 | Sports Features
After the Mizzou-Illinois game at Scottrade Center, I ran into Blues owner Tom Stillman after the game and I asked his gut feeling on the CBA talks and he told me he was “fairly certain” there was going to be an NHL season. He was confident the sides could...
by Bill Pollock | Oct 24, 2012 | Sports Features
The Columbus Blue Jackets will introduce longtime NHL executive, Hall of Fame broadcaster and former goaltender John Davidson as the club’s president of hockey operations. The 59 year old Davidison will report to majority owner John P. McConnell and will have control...
by Bill Pollock | Oct 20, 2012 | Sports Features
The National Hockey League announced today the cancellation of the 2012-13 regular-season schedule through November 1. A total of 135 regular-season games were scheduled for Oct. 11 through Nov. 1. The cancellation was necessary because of the owner’s lockout...
by Bill Pollock | Oct 16, 2012 | Sports Features
The NHL has offered players a 50-50 split in hockey-related revenue in the latest pitch by commissioner Gary Bettman. The latest proposal is contingent on the regular season beginning on Nov. 2, which would preserve the league’s 82-game schedule. NHL owners say...