EL1 New Hampshire Fisher Cats

Fisher Cats attempt to save NHL

Published on May 9, 2005 under Eastern League (EL1)
New Hampshire Fisher Cats News Release


Manchester, NH- The Eastern League Champion New Hampshire Fisher Cats, Double-A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays, have invited Executive Director of the National Hockey League Player's Association (NHLPA) Bob Goodenow, National Hockey League (NHL) Commissioner Gary Bettman, and NHLPA President Trevor Linden to Fisher Cats Ballpark to attend a Fisher Cats game and meet to resolve the current NHL labor dispute.

Letters were sent out to the three executives on April 27 inviting them to negotiate a new collective bargaining agreement during a Fisher Cats game in a luxury suite at Fisher Cats Ballpark. The Fisher Cats are willing to cater the bargaining session and provide hotel accommodations and travel between the airport, hotel and ballpark.

"We at the Fisher Cats are obviously baseball fans, but we are also hockey fans, and more importantly, sports fans. Sports play an important role in the lives of all North Americans, young and old. Hockey training camps begin soon and we'd love to do anything we can to make sure the NHL is up and running in 2005," said Fisher Cats Assistant General Manager Jeff Tagliaferro.

Fisher Cats President/General Manager Shawn Smith said, "As an affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays, the only Canadian team left in Major League Baseball, we feel an obligation to do what we can to help our parent club's home city and country. Hockey is to Canada as baseball is to the United States. We are all anticipating the end of this lockout."

The NHL lost the entire 2004-05 season and the 2005 NHL Entry Draft to the labor dispute. NHL training camps usually begin in September, leaving less than 4 months for the NHL and NHLPA to come to an agreement and begin preparing for the 2005-06 season.

The Fisher Cats return home May 20 through May 26. For information on tickets or promotions, you can call (603) 641-2005 or visit www.nhfishercats.com.

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