Teams will still be allowed to host events and sell jerseys to fans, but won’t be allowed to wear them...
The NHL’s Board of Governors came to the decision during their regular meeting at the end of the season. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman spoke with Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman in an interview after the meetings.
This decision comes in the wake of numerous controversies throughout the 2022-23 season that saw several players and teams choose to not wear Pride night jerseys due to their beliefs. Then-Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Ivan Provorov was the first to sit out, with San Jose Sharks goalie James Reimer and Florida Panthers’ brothers Eric and Marc Staal following suit, and the Chicago Blackhawks, Minnesota Wild, and New York Rangers all refusing to as a team after doing so in previous seasons.
“I agree that those are legitimate concerns, but in the final analysis, all of the efforts and emphasis on these various causes have been undermined by the distraction in terms of ‘which teams, which players’,” said Bettman. “This way, we’re keeping the focus on the game, and on these specialty nights, we’re going to be focused on the cause.”
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