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Kraft Heinz Canada Announces Top 4 Communities for Kraft Hockeyville 2019

By: NHLPA/NHL/Kraft media release

Canadian Communities Rallying for Votes to Take Home the NHL® Game and $250,000 in arena upgrades

March 16, 2019

NHL, NHLPA And Enterprise Renew Partnership

By: Media Release, NHLPA Staff

Enterprise, the NHLPA and the NHL announced a five-year renewal through the 2022-23 season

March 15, 2019

Hockey families get creative in solving time, cost concerns

By: Canadian Press

NHLPA and NHL programs helping to provide equipment to youth organizations, helping to grow the game of hockey.

March 14, 2019

Historic broadcast: Believed to be first NHL game in Plains Cree language

By: Canadian Press

History could be made later this month with the broadcast of what's believed to be the first NHL game called in the Plains Cree language.

March 14, 2019

Sharks defenceman Radim Simek needs knee ligament surgery

By: Canadian Press

San Jose Sharks defenceman Radim Simek needs surgery for torn ligaments in his right knee.

March 14, 2019

Be A Player: Rewind | Steve Sullivan

By: Nadia Vocaturo

Steve Sullivan and a memorable moment with a fan are featured in our last trip down memory lane through the Be A Player: Rewind series!

March 14, 2019

Transition has Nyquist on course for career-high

By: Chris Lomon

How a collegiate career with the University of Maine Black Bears set Nyquist on course towards a prosperous NHL career.

March 14, 2019

Player Q&A | John Tavares

By: NHLPA Staff

You already know his favourite NHL jersey growing up, but the reason he sports No. 91, his alternate career path, and more in this week's Player Q&A!

March 13, 2019

Graves making impression on Avs blue line

By: Tim Wharnsby

There is no relation between Adam and Ryan Graves, but they immediately hit it off after the Rangers selected the younger Graves in the fourth round at the 2013 NHL Draft.

March 13, 2019

Malkin at 1,000; a star hiding in plain sight

By: Canadian Press

The cameras crowd around Sidney Crosby's stall, parting only to let the Pittsburgh Penguins captain slip through and tug on a baseball cap before the lights flip on, the microphones close in and the questions come.

March 12, 2019

Carey Price earns 315th win to surpass Jacques Plante for most as a Canadien

By: Canadian Press

With a portrait of legendary goalie Jacques Plante hanging just a few feet away in the Canadiens locker room, Carey Price tried to digest what it meant to establish a team record.

March 12, 2019

NHL says Leafs defenceman Morgan Rielly didn't utter homophobic slur

By: Canadian Press

The NHL, the Toronto Maple Leafs and Morgan Rielly are adamant the star defenceman didn't utter a homophobic slur on the ice.

March 12, 2019

My Top 5 | Ryan Ellis

By: Chris Lomon

The 28-year-old Ontario native stopped by NHLPA.com to offer up his five favourite non-hockey athletes, a list that includes a pair of soccer standouts and an NBA talent who always brings the Thunder.

March 12, 2019

Travis Hamonic on supporting Indigenous youth

By: Chris Lomon

Travis Hamonic talks about the importance of making a difference in the lives of Indigenous young people through The Northern Project.

March 12, 2019

Player of the Week | Aleksander Barkov

By: Nadia Vocaturo

On pace for a career-highs in his first year of captaincy for the Florida Panthers, Aleksander Barkov co-led league scoring with nine points alongside teammate Jonathan Huberdeau.

March 11, 2019

Vancouver Canucks sign 19-year-old defenceman Quinn Hughes

By: Canadian Press

Many of Quinn Hughes' new teammates on the Vancouver Canucks know all about the giant life transition the young defenceman is about to make.

March 10, 2019

NHL Hall of Famer Howell, Rangers games leader, dies at 86

By: Canadian Press

NHL Hall of Fame defenceman Harry Howell, who played the most games in New York Rangers' history, has died. He was 86.

March 10, 2019

Landeskog out 4-to-6 weeks with upper-body injury

By: Canadian Press

The playoff-chasing Colorado Avalanche will be without captain Gabriel Landeskog for four-to-six weeks with an upper-body injury.

March 8, 2019

NHLPA, NHL celebrate Gender Equality Month; establish female hockey advisory committee

By: NHL/NHLPA Media Release

The committee is dedicated to accelerating the growth of female hockey in North America while also ensuring more women and girls have the opportunity to experience the benefits that hockey offers

March 8, 2019

Resiliency guides Kesler to milestone game

By: Chris Lomon

For those who know him well, seeing the 34-year-old veteran join some impressive company is certainly cause for celebration.

March 7, 2019