What is National Hockey League Players' Association?
{{Infobox Union|<!-- Please include all unused fields for future use. See [[template talk:Infobox Union]] for usage. --> |name= NHLPA |country= {{Flagicon|Canada}} [[Canada]]<br />{{Flagicon|USA}} [[United States]] |affiliation= |members= 725 (''[[2012–13 NHL season|2012-2013]]'')<ref>{{cite news|last=Mirtle|first=James|title=NHLPA unveils 31-player negotiating committee|url=http://m.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/globe-on-hockey/nhlpa-unveils-31-player-negotiating-committee/article4374654?service=mobile#!/|newspaper=[[The Globe and Mail]]|date=27 June 2012 }}</ref> |full_name= '''National Hockey League Players' Association''' |native_name= |founded= June 1967 |current= |head= |merged_into= |office= {{Flagicon|Canada}} [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]] |people= [[Donald Fehr]]<br>[[Mathieu Schneider]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=345965|title=Fehr voted in as Executive Director of NHLPA|publisher=TSN.ca|access-date=2018-02-02|archive-date=2014-04-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429235303/http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=345965|url-status=dead}}</ref> |website= [http://www.nhlpa.com NHLPA.com] |footnotes= }} The '''National Hockey League Players' Association''' ({{Lang-fr|Association des joueurs de la Ligue nationale de hockey}}; AJLNH) or '''NHLPA''' is a [[trade union|labour union]] that represents the interests of the [[List of NHL players|hockey players]] in the [[National Hockey League]] of [[North America]]. == Organization == While the management of daily operations is the responsibility of the NHLPA Executive Director Paul Kelly, the ultimate control over all NHLPA activities resides with the players, who each year elect representatives in order to form an Executive Board. === Executive Directors === *[[Alan Eagleson]], 1967–91 *vacant, 1991–92 *[[Bob Goodenow]], 1992–2005 *[[Ted Saskin]], 2005–07 *[[Paul Kelly (lawyer)|Paul Kelly]], 2007 &ndash; August 31, 2009 *[[Ian Penny]] <small>(Interim)</small>, August 31, 2009 &ndash; October 30, 2009 *[[Mike Ouellet