- Born
- Birth nameGary Bruce Bettman
- Height5′ 7″ (1.70 m)
- Gary Bettman was born on June 2, 1952 in Queens, New York, USA. He has been married to Michelle "Shelli" Weiner since August 24, 1975. They have three children.
- SpouseMichelle "Shelli" Weiner(August 24, 1975 - present) (3 children)
- Commissioner of the National Hockey League since February 1, 1993.
- Led the NHL during lockouts which canceled parts of three seasons.
- Inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2016.
- First brought to the NHL to the Olympics in 1998.
- Attended PS 174, Russell Sage Junior High School and Forest Hills High School, all located in Forest Hills, New York, USA.
- [on the NHL not participating in the 2018 winter Olympics games]We have previously made clear that, while the overwhelming majority of our Clubs are adamantly opposed to disrupting the 2017-18 NHL season for purposes of accommodating Olympic participation by some NHL players, we were open to hearing from any of the other parties who might have an interest in the issue such as the IOC, the IIHF, the NHLPA. As to reasons the Board of Governors might be interested in re-evaluating their strongly held views on the subject. A number of months have now passed and no meaningful dialogue has materialized. Instead, the IOC has now expressed the position that the NHL's participation in Beijing in 2022 is conditioned on our participation in South Korea in 2018. And the NHLPA has now publicly confirmed that it has no interest or intention of engaging in any discussion that might make Olympic participation more attractive to the Clubs. As a result, and in an effort to create clarity among conflicting reports and erroneous speculation, this will confirm our intention to proceed with finalizing our 2017-18 Regular Season schedule without any break to accommodate the Olympic Winter Games. We now consider the matter officially closed
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