... injured a knee during a mid-ice collision with Johan Franzen in the second period, then booed when NHL commissioner Gary Bettman handed the Stanley Cup to Crosby. The fans' disappointment with the Red Wings' loss illustrates how high the expectations ...

... conditions were ideal. The ice was really good. It was probably better than it is in some of our rinks," commissioner Gary Bettman said, adding he doesn't have a location right now for next year's Winter Classic. If a player happened to step ...

... that need release from the recession that we're in." Although some hockey teams are struggling, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said his league's overall picture is promising. The NHL, Bettman said, will see record revenues and attendance ...

... now they are shooting for their fourth in 11 seasons. With another title merely a handoff away from NHL commissioner Gary Bettman, it was hard for the core of champions not to look back as they keep an eye on Game 5. The bridge from the retired ...

... about the same as last year, and Stern said he expected attendance to be flat no worse, no better. NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said that league's season ticket sales are up 4 percent. As of early October, single-game tickets were up almost ...

... moving scene as the sport's greatest player said goodbye. The NHL also said goodbye to No. 99, which commissioner Gary Bettman announced would never be worn in the league again. "When a gentlemen told me in 1977 to wear this sweater, I didn ...

There are plenty of tools a shrewd commissioner can call on to make his game go. Unfortunately for NHL boss Gary Bettman, luck hasn't been one of them. Until now. The past four seasons, Bettman has tinkered with almost everything connected ...

... NHL's general managers met just a few days before at the finals to discuss the controversial ruling. Commissioner Gary Bettman said the league was worried about the game losing some of its spontaneity when play is stopped for a video review of ...

... commissionerese, that's how they say "Yahoo!") Another boss in another sport, National Hockey League commissioner Gary Bettman, who managed to slip out of Buffalo before the replay hit the fan in the wee hours of Sunday morning, is still busy ...

... National Hockey League, known for playing over New Year's, has seven games set for Jan. 1. No fear was commissioner Gary Bettman's attitude. Leave it to the highly organized NFL to be the most compulsive about it all. Jodi Balsam, a league ...