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The league hired an executive search firm to help select someone for their newly created office of commissioner, at the same time that Stein's appointment as president was announced. Before the end of 1992, NHL governors selected Gary Bettman to become the league's first commissioner, starting on February 1, 1993. Stein had been a finalist for ...
Ziegler was ultimately forced out of office in 1992 by the settlement which resolved the ten-day strike. Gil Stein was the next and the last president of the NHL in 1992 . Alan Eagleson was succeeded as National Hockey League Players' Association executive-director on January 1, 1992, by former player agent Bob Goodenow .
Gilbert Stein (January 11, 1928 – March 24, 2022) was an American lawyer, law instructor, and professional ice hockey executive. [1] Stein served with the National Hockey League (NHL) as vice president and legal counsel for nearly 15 years before serving as the fifth and last president of the NHL from 1992 to 1993.
John Ziegler Jr.'s tumultuous 15 years as NHL president began with the league ushering in the Wayne Gretzky era and ended with labor unrest and a players strike in 1992. John Ziegler, NHL ...
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Bettman, 72, has been the NHL's commissioner since February 1993. His tenure has been the longest in league history, surpassing Clarence Campbell, who was commissioner for 31 years from 1946–1977.
The NHL is the fifth-highest grossing professional sports league in the world by revenue, after the National Football League (NFL), Major League Baseball (MLB), the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the Premier League. [9] The league's headquarters have been in Manhattan since 1989, when the head office moved from Montreal. [10]
The NHL, along with the National Hockey League Players Association and the International Ice Hockey Federation, have agreed to allow players to participate in the 2026 and 2030 Olympic Games.