NHL participates in player safety summit with other hockey associations

Welcome to NHL.com, the official site of the National Hockey LeagueBienvenue à LNH.com , le site officiel de la Ligue nationale de hockeyДобро пожаловать на NHL.com, официальный сайт Национальной хоккейной лигиTervetuloa NHL:n viralliselle nettisivustolle NHL.comiinVälkommen till NHL.com, NHL:s officiella web-sidaVítejte na NHL.com, oficiálních stránkách National Hockey LeagueVitajte na NHL.com, oficiálnych stránkach National Hockey LeagueWillkommen auf NHL.com, der offiziellen Seite der National Hockey LeagueBOCA RATON, Fla.-- In a continuing effort to further the Declaration of Principles, the NHL is participating in a player safety summit this week.Joined by 14 other hockey associations for the two-day 2019 Hockey Summit - Player Safety here on Wednesday and Thursday, the NHL will take part in discussing a variety of player safety issues that affect athletes at all levels of hockey."Sharing best practices is really the goal and objective," NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly said Wednesday at the annual meeting of the NHL general managers here. Hockey, the principles argued, is a powerful platform for participants to build character, foster positive values and develop important life skills that transcend the game."It was Pat Lafontaine's vision of putting a lot of prominent hockey organizations in the same room and talking about common issues," Daly said.Among the issues expected to be addressed in the player safety summit are playing environment, protective equipment and testing done on protective equipment by the NHL, rules and how they differ amongst the leagues, enforcement, officiating and supplementary discipline."Our hockey operations guys and our player safety guys want to tell the organizing bodies of youth hockey what they're seeing in today's player and how they're not protecting themselves and how they're putting themselves in vulnerable positions," Daly said.