Elliott: New NHLPA executive director understands challenges posed by Gary Bettman and owners

Elliott: New NHLPA executive director understands challenges posed by Gary Bettman and owners

Marty Walsh learned how to build scaffolding and walls while working rugged construction jobs along Boston’s waterfront. Later, as the leader of laborers’ union local 223 and president of the building trades council, he learned how to build consensus between workers and management. Walsh, the son of Irish immigrants, put his negotiating skills to good…

Column: Holocaust survivors’ son, a pro hockey agent, tries to keep their memory alive

Column: Holocaust survivors’ son, a pro hockey agent, tries to keep their memory alive

Ron Salcer knew that his brilliant father had secured patents on 16 inventions that ranged from plastic table cloths to unbreakable roller hockey pucks, and he sensed that William Salcer’s physical and mental strength had allowed him to survive the Holocaust and make a new life. Ron knew his mother, Katarina, also from a small…

Top cycling teams explore creating new league  | Reuters News Agency

Top cycling teams explore creating new league  | Reuters News Agency

Sports 26 October 2023, 6:15 pm 1 minute Reuters exclusively reported on Wednesday evening that major European cycling teams have been exploring plans to create a new competitive league in a move that could reshape the sport’s landscape and allocate more funding for participants. Reuters was first to reveal the possible shake up to the…

NHL reverses ban, will allow players to use stick tape to support social causes

NHL reverses ban, will allow players to use stick tape to support social causes

Arizona Coyotes defenseman Travis Dermott has used Pride Tape on his stick to support the LGBTQ+ community throughout his seven-year NHL career. He put in his latest order for the rainbow-colored adhesive product just before the league instituted a ban on players using their stick tape to represent social causes. The company shipped the tape…

Elliott: Nick Nickson answers the call for Kings by assuming simulcast duties

Elliott: Nick Nickson answers the call for Kings by assuming simulcast duties

In his 43rd season as an authoritative voice on Kings’ broadcasts, Nick Nickson is back where he began: calling simulcasts. Nickson joined the Kings in 1981 and provided analysis alongside the great Bob Miller on a schedule that included simulcasts but was tilted toward radio-only broadcasts. Wayne Gretzky’s arrival in 1988 elevated the Kings’ profile…

Elliott: Ducks go mighty on the nostalgia and showcase a promising future in home opener

Elliott: Ducks go mighty on the nostalgia and showcase a promising future in home opener

The Ducks reached back to their NHL beginnings to celebrate their home opener Sunday, wearing a version of their original eggplant-and-jade Mighty Duck uniforms that was so splendidly designed, you could squint and picture Paul Kariya at the dawn of his Hall of Fame career zipping up the left wing to embarrass yet another hapless…