to that end and working with the nhlpa, the duly authorized collective bargaining representative, all nhl players, the league has responsibly developed, implemented and enforced strict policies, practices and procedures regulating the off-ice personal conduct of its players which extend to and encompass situations of domestic abuse. a core component underlying these rules and policies is a comprehensive education program which has existed for at least the last decade. the league provides annual training for our players on a variety of critical social issues and these issues have included domestic abuse. this training and education has been delivered in a number of forums and contexts and by multiple voices. those voices have included the nhl's security department and medical professionals charged with administering our substance abuse and behavioral health program, which is a jointly administered program created by the nhl and nhlpa in 1996. they meet with players on an annual basis on each team to discuss with them, among other things, personal conduct issues. in addition, the nhl an

to that end and working with the nhlpa, the duley authorized bargaining representative, all nhl players, the league responsibly developed and enforced strict policies, practices, and procedures regulating the off ice personal conduct of players that extend to and encompass situations of domestic abuse. a core component underlying the rules is of comprehensive education program that existed for at least the last decade. the issues included domestic violence. this training and education has been delivered in a number of forms and contexts and by multiple voices. they included the nhl security department and medical professionals charged with administering our substance abuse and behavioral health program, a jointly administered program with the nhlpa in 1996. in addition they organized a program and at this past year's program, at two different break out sessions, the issue of domestic violence was addressed we believe by reinforcing them, they were better prepared to manage the difficult programs from a personal and professional standpoint. as a result they will be better equipped to avo

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