with standards of honesty, morality and fair play and sportsmanship and to refrain from conduct ted rimtal to the best interest of the club and hockey generally. the national hockey league remains committed to the principal of addressing the personal conduct problems in a meaningful way and by doing so, protecting and the maintaining integrity and good reputation of our players and sport. we do not hesitate to take action in necessary and appropriate circumstances as most recently evidenced by the suspension issue to a player in the nhl who is recently charged with a domestic violence offense. no trial has been disciplined, we felt the most appropriate action was to remove the player from the ice until we were able to satisfy ourselves with respect to what transpired. we a preetiate the opportunity to express our views and remain available to answer questions you may have. thank you. >> thank you. steve, special council of national hockey league and player's association. >> thank you, and if i might i would like to say i never lived in or rarely been in west virginia, but i have been an ad