The Hockey News

The Hockey News' sixth annual Money & Power edition is stocked with interviews and features focusing on the financial side of hockey. Inside, you'll find the Top 100 People of Power and Influence, stories on the impact of the war in Ukraine, the Philadelphia Flyers, the Vegas Golden Knights and much more.

Annual Report To Stakeholders • IN 2023, THE HOCKEY NEWS SAW AN INCREASE IN SUBSCRIBERS, AND WE LAUNCHED OUR DIGITAL ARCHIVE AS WELL AS MANY NEW WEBSITES

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‘Grit’ and Bear It • THE FLYERS HAVE EXPERIENCED SOME OFF-ICE TUMULT IN RECENT YEARS, BUT A FULL ORGANIZATIONAL FACELIFT HAS HELPED RESTORE SOME FAITH IN THE FRANCHISE. AND WITH A NEW LEADERSHIP GROUP IN PLACE – FROM TOP TO BOTTOM – THE TEAM IS READY TO EMBRACE ITS NEW ERA OF ORANGE

Daniel Hilferty • THE FLYERS’ CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER DISCUSSES HIS BACKGROUND BEFORE JOINING THE TEAM, WHY BRIERE AND JONES WORK SO WELL TOGETHER AND WHAT A “REBUILD” MEANS TO THE ORGANIZATION

Keith Jones • THE FLYERS’ NEW PRESIDENT OF HOCKEY OPERATIONS GOT HIS START IN BRANTFORD WATCHING WAYNE GRETZKY, THEN WORKED HIS WAY UP TO THE NHL

Daniel Briere • IT’S BEEN QUITE THE JOURNEY FROM GATINEAU, QUEBEC, TO A PRODUCTIVE NHL CAREER TO GM OF THE FLYERS, BUT BRIERE HAS BEEN LISTENING AND LEARNING EVERY STEP OF THE WAY

Blair Listino & John Master • LISTINO, THE FLYERS’ CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, AND MASTER, THE CHIEF LEGAL AND STRATEGY OFFICER, CHAT ABOUT THEIR ROLES WITH THE TEAM AND WHAT IT’S LIKE WORKING WITH DAN HILFERTY

Phil Laws & Todd Glickman • LAWS, THE PRESIDENT OF WELLS FARGO CENTER, AND GLICKMAN, THE CHIEF REVENUE OFFICER FOR COMCAST SPECTACOR, DISCUSS THEIR HISTORY WITH THE COMPANY AND WHAT ADVICE THEY’D GIVE TO OTHER TEAMS

Going off Scripps • THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS ARE BUILDING A TITAN BOTH ON AND OFF THE ICE IN LAS VEGAS. SO IT SHOULD BE NO SURPRISE AN UNEXPECTED BROADCASTING BLOW DID NOTHING TO QUELL THEIR SPIRITS

Bill Foley • THE VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS OWNER TALKS ABOUT THE ROAD TO WINNING THE STANLEY CUP AND WHY CHARACTER WAS THE KEY TRAIT IN BUILDING THE TEAM

Kerry Bubolz • THE VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS PRESIDENT TALKS ABOUT HOW IT FEELS TO BE A STANLEY CUP CHAMPION AND WHAT IT WAS LIKE BUILDING AN ORGANIZATION FROM THE GROUND UP

Bill Hornbuckle • THE CEO AND PRESIDENT OF MGM RESORTS INTERNATIONAL SAT DOWN AT T-MOBILE ARENA TO TALK ABOUT BRINGING HOCKEY TO LAS VEGAS, GARY BETTMAN’S ROLE AND THE FUTURE OF MGM

6 DAYS IN UKRAINE • WAR HAS BEEN RAGING IN UKRAINE SINCE RUSSIA INVADED ITS DEMOCRATIC NEIGHBORING COUNTRY ON FEB. 24, 2022. IN MY OPINION, THIS WAR HAS HAD A DEVASTATING IMPACT ON UKRAINE, INCLUDING ON THE GAME WE ALL LOVE, HOCKEY. FROM NOV. 21 THROUGH NOV. 26, I TRAVELLED FROM ONE END OF UKRAINE TO WITHIN A FEW KILOMETERS OF THE EASTERN FRONT LINE IN THE WAR WITH RUSSIA AND BACK AGAIN TO LEARN WHAT I COULD ABOUT THE STATE OF HOCKEY IN WAR-TORN UKRAINE. HERE IS MY FIRSTHAND ON-THE-GROUND REPORT

Georgii Zubko • THE PRESIDENT OF THE ICE HOCKEY FEDERATION OF UKRAINE TALKS ABOUT WHAT IMPACT THE WAR HAS HAD ON HOCKEY IN HIS NATION AND WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO REBUILD THE GAME

Matviy Bidnyi • UKRAINE’S MINISTER OF SPORT DISCUSSES THE IMPORTANCE OF HOCKEY, WHY THE CONTINUED SUPPORT OF OTHER NATIONS IS CRUCIAL AND THE VALUE OF REBUILDING UKRAINE’S SPORTS INFRASTRUCTURE

Alexander Godynyuk • THE FORMER NHLER TURNED EUROPEAN SCOUT WITH VEGAS TALKS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING UKRAINIAN NHL PROSPECTS, HIS FIRST NHL GAME AND WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO FINALLY WIN THE STANLEY CUP

Ironman • JANUARY 27, 2024 MARKS THE 11,318TH DAY THAT GARY BETTMAN HAS BEEN THE COMMISSIONER OF THE NHL, WHICH IS ONE MORE DAY THAN CLARENCE CAMPBELL SERVED AS THE BOSS. IT ALSO MAKES BETTMAN THE LONGEST-SERVING LEADER OF ANY MAJOR LEAGUE, INCLUDING THE NFL, MLB OR THE...