NHL Board of Governors

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governing body sports governing board

The NHL Board of Governors is the league’s top decision-making body, composed primarily of team owners and executives who set policies, approve major changes, and oversee the overall direction of the National Hockey League.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
National Hockey League Board of Governors 5
NHL BOG 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf governing body ⓘ
sports governing board ⓘ
appliesTo National Hockey League ⓘ
appoints Gary Bettman ⓘ
surface form: NHL Commissioner
canRemove Gary Bettman ⓘ
surface form: NHL Commissioner
composedOf team executives ⓘ
team governors ⓘ
team owners ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
decisionMakingProcess voting by team representatives ⓘ
governs NHL postseason structure ⓘ
NHL regular season structure ⓘ
league expansion fees ⓘ
league franchise ownership rules ⓘ
league relocation compensation rules ⓘ
hasAbbreviation NHL Board of Governors self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: NHL BOG
hasJurisdictionOver National Hockey League franchises ⓘ
hasMember governor from each NHL team ⓘ
hasVotingMember each NHL franchise ⓘ
industry professional sports ⓘ
language English ⓘ
meetsAt regularly scheduled meetings ⓘ
special meetings as required ⓘ
oversees league expansion strategy ⓘ
league financial structure ⓘ
league relocation policy ⓘ
league-wide discipline policy framework ⓘ
long-term strategic planning for the NHL ⓘ
revenue sharing policies ⓘ
salary cap framework ⓘ
parentOrganization National Hockey League ⓘ
partOf National Hockey League ⓘ
regionServed North America ⓘ
role approves changes to NHL rules ⓘ
approves changes to playoff formats ⓘ
approves changes to scheduling formats ⓘ
approves franchise expansions ⓘ
approves franchise relocations ⓘ
approves major broadcast agreements ⓘ
approves major changes ⓘ
approves major sponsorship agreements ⓘ
oversees collective bargaining framework at league level ⓘ
oversees overall direction of the NHL ⓘ
sets league policies ⓘ
top decision-making body of the NHL ⓘ
sport ice hockey ⓘ
supervises Gary Bettman ⓘ
surface form: NHL Commissioner

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Original Six era → governedBy → NHL Board of Governors ⓘ
Art Ross Trophy → governingBody → NHL Board of Governors ⓘ
Calder Memorial Trophy → governingBody → NHL Board of Governors ⓘ
Clarence S. Campbell Bowl → governingBody → NHL Board of Governors ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Hockey League Board of Governors
Hart Memorial Trophy → governingBody → NHL Board of Governors ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Hockey League Board of Governors
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy → governingBody → NHL Board of Governors ⓘ
NHL All-Star Game → governingBody → NHL Board of Governors ⓘ
NHL Winter Classic → governingBody → NHL Board of Governors ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Hockey League Board of Governors
NHL playoffs → governingBody → NHL Board of Governors ⓘ
Norris Division → governingBody → NHL Board of Governors ⓘ
Prince of Wales Trophy → governingBody → NHL Board of Governors ⓘ
Western Conference → governingBody → NHL Board of Governors ⓘ
subject surface form: Western Conference (NHL)
NHL Board of Governors → hasAbbreviation → NHL Board of Governors self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: NHL BOG
Conn Smythe Trophy → introducedBy → NHL Board of Governors ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Hockey League Board of Governors
Jeremy Jacobs → memberOf → NHL Board of Governors ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Hockey League Board of Governors