HAZING IN HOCKEY…. A NEW LAWSUIT AGAINST THE CHL – Part II
By Alec Roberson Routinely victims of hazing, bullying, physical and verbal harrassment, physical assault, sexual harassment, and sexual assault. Read More…
HAZING IN HOCKEY…INITIATION INTO THE CLUB OR ABUSE? PART I
By Alec Roberson School of hard knocks or hockey abuse? As quickly as one problem has dissipated for the Canadian Hockey League (“CHL”) anotheRead More…
Medical Care in Hockey Players: A Need to Redefine Toughness
By Yvon Bryan “Out two to three weeks with an upper body injury.” We are all familiar with this vague hockey injury disclosure nomenclature prRead More…
CHL REACHES SETTLEMENT WITH FORMER PLAYERS IN MINIMUM WAGE LAWSUIT
By Alec Roberson On May 15, 2020, the Canadian Hockey League (“CHL”) finally settled lengthy litigation with ex-CHL players involving tRead More…
BRENDAN LEIPSIC’S TERMINATION MAY LEAD TO MORE QUESTIONS THAN MEET THE EYE
By Alec Roberson and Mikhail Bryan A few weeks ago Brendan Leipsic of the Washington Capitals was released after screenshotsRead More…
COVID-19 STOPPED THE NHL. DID IT STOP THE PLAYERS’ PAYCHECKS TOO?
By Alec Roberson We may never again see anything in our lifetime like the COVID-19 global pandemic. Whole sectors of the economy have come to a Read More…
A FITNESS TEST OR A HARMLESS INTERVIEW: A POTENTIAL VIOLATION OF THE NHL’S SCOUTING COMBINE FITNESS TESTING POLICY BY THE ARIZONA COYOTES
By: Alec Roberson Every year before the NHL entry draft, the NHL hosts a scouting combine that allows for NHL draft eligible prospects tRead More…
WHAT IS A “MATERIAL BREACH” OF CONTRACT FOR AN NHL PLAYER? THE CURIOUS CASE OF JAKE DOTCHIN
By Alec Roberson At the beginning of the 2018-19 NHL season, a headline came out of Tampa Bay that the Lightning were terminating the contract of Read More…
WHY MY FAVORITE PROSPECTS ARE NOT AT AN NHL TRAINING CAMP: A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF NCAA HOCKEY ELIGIBILITY RULES.
By Alec Roberson Its that time of year again when the doldrums of the summer without hockey begin to recede and our favorite NHL teams begin crankRead More…
A LOOK BACK: RETIREMENT BENEFITS A CORNERSTONE IN THE LATEST NHL COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT
By Alec Roberson Per the terms of the collective bargaining agreement between the NHL players and the NHL in 2012 (the “CBA”), the parties mayRead More…