The NHL is encouraged by the status of collective bargaining talks, Commissioner Gary Bettman said Friday, adding that he’s ...

I think it’s a different place than when the Flames and the Thrashers left,” the NHL commissioner said of Atlanta on Friday.

It’s something that we always believed was possible for South Florida. ... It’s great to see. Hockey is growing here at all ...

The Panthers have won at least one playoff series in each of the past 4 seasons, made it to the Stanley Cup Final in the past ...

NHL commissioner Gary Bettman was honest about the Panthers' rising success since Vinnie Viola bought the team in 2014.

Gary Bettman says the NHL’s two failed attempts at housing a team in Atlanta won’t prevent the league from considering the ...

The departures of the Flames and Thrashers will have no bearing on attempts to bring an NHL team to Atlanta today, Gary ...

First came the Atlanta Flames in 1973, playing at the Omni Coliseum. Attendance was a challenge, and the team bolted for Calgary after eight seasons. The Atlanta Thrashers, too, fled north to Winnipeg ...

Gary Bettman thought it was a crazy idea. The NHL commissioner had not overseen any of the league’s teams conduct as wide-ranging a fan survey as Smith Entertainment Group did to find its ...