National Hockey League

Harvard Business School 9 - 5 9 6 -059 Rev. December 28, 1995 Marketing The National Hockey League In early August 1995 Gary Bettman, Commissioner of the NHL, Stephen Solomon, COO of the NHL, and Rick Dudley, COO of NHL Enterprises,1 met in their New York office to chart a strategy for marketing the NHL in 1995 and beyond. After a spectacular 1993-94 season, the NHL’s 1994-95 season had been somewhat mixed; the league had suffered a labor dispute and played an abbreviated season. But there had

The National Hockey League is home to the greatest hockey players in the world and it’s been that way for nearly a century. The league is enjoying an all-time high in revenue, attendance and following worldwide. The NHL has an incredible history but the average fan will be blown away by some of the things they have yet to learn. Here are 15 facts that you probably didn’t know about the NHL and Hockey. Number 15 – Wonder Woman Only one woman in NHL history has suited up for a game. Manon Rheaume

The National Hockey League (NHL) was founded on November 1917 with only five teams. Now, in 2017, the NHL has grown to thirty-one teams and the NHL Stanley Cup Finals are broadcasted to more than 150 countries and watched in more than 300 million homes. As the league and its and revenue grew, players began to want union representation in order to negotiate for higher salaries and increased benefits. There was an initial attempt to unionize in 1957 when Detroit Red Wings Captain Ted Lindsay took

IV 11/30/2016 Ice Life Fighting in the National Hockey League(NHL) has been an ongoing brutal way of getting fans excited. The past years the number of fights have dropped, with only 344 fights last season, the fewest number within the past 15 years (Adam Vingan). For those people who oppose fighting this comes as good news, as this area of the Hockey has been investigated heavily. In 1922, rule 56 was introduced into the National Hockey League which was supposed to regulate the fighting

Patrick Roy There has been a lot of great goalies in the national hockey league. Who is Patrick Roy? Patrick Roy is one of the best goaltenders of all time. He has been such a well all-around person during his young years, his achievements while playing in the national hockey league, and his years of being a coach. Patrick has been such a great asset to his teams whether he was on or off the ice. Before he was well known across the world, he was just a normal boy from Quebec. In Quebec City, Patrick

The National Hockey League, with its headquarters in New York City the NHL is considered to be the best professional ice-hockey league in the world. The NHL was established in 1917 with a handful of teams located in the greater Montreal and Toronto areas, the league played it’s first game on December 19th 1917. Teams and franchise came and left the NHL over the next few short years due to funding issues, lack of interest, and for the Montreal Wanderers it was the fact that they had nowhere to play

Arguments for the New National Hockey League Rules On July 22, 2005, the National Hockey League Board of Governors approved a number of changes to the rules of the National Hockey League (NHL). These rule changes were imposed to place a purposeful need on the League to emphasize competition, players’ skills, and an entertainment value to the game of ice hockey. These changes were reported, formulated, and brought to the Board of Governors by a Competition Committee. The Competition Committee

w 9B00M002 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE ENTERPRISES CANADA: A RETAIL PROPOSAL Elizabeth Gray prepared this case under the supervision of Elizabeth M.A. Grasby solely to provide material for class discussion. The authors do not intend to illustrate either effective or ineffective handling of a managerial situation. The authors may have disguised certain names and other identifying information to protect confidentiality. Ivey Management Services prohibits any form of reproduction, storage or transmittal

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY National Hockey League was established as a non-profit entity in 1917 by 26 teams to govern the league. They had been very successful over the past 75 years with very little exposure. They have thrilled fans and provide financial returns for their owners. Their primary goal is to take hockey to a next level and makes it more popular. They are not worried about competition and are only concerned with overall growth for the sport, the owners, the players

the National Hockey League changed in the years following the Gretzky trade. Ten years after the trade Anaheim, Dallas, Phoenix, Miami, San Jose, and Tampa were awarded NHL franchises. The National Hockey League’s southern expansion was partially driven by the attendance increase the Los Angeles Kings experienced after the Gretzky trade. The goal of this essay is to determine what drives attendance in Sun Belt cities. Our study should interest sports economists in academia and National Hockey league