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	CBA: Goodenow profile
		NHLPA Executive Director Bob Goodenow was once asked about what happened when he replaced Alan Eagleson in the early 1990's as the head of the players' union.
		Goodenow responded: "The association was riddled with inefficiencies and improprieties.
		Goodenow was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1952.
	www.andrewsstarspage.com /CBA/11-23cba.htm (1708 words)

	His players face a 24% pay cut. He caved in on a hated salary cap. But Bob Goodenow is earning $2.5-million @ ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Goodenow's $2.5-million salary is larger than that of major league baseball union leader Don Fehr ($1-million), National Basketball Association Players Association boss Billy Hunter ($1.8-million) and only slightly less than that of National Football League union head Gene Upshaw (reportedly $2.7-million to $3-million).
		Goodenow, who grew up playing hockey with Gordie Howe's sons and once captained the Harvard University hockey team, is measured against the heavy hitters from the labour world outside of the pro sports arena, there is simply no comparison.
		Goodenow will hold a joint news conference after the tentative deal is expected to be ratified by both the NHL board of governors and the players next week.
	www.workopolis.com /servlet/Content/qprinter/20050715/GOODENOW15 (917 words)

	CBC Sports Online: Faceoff 2004: Who's who: Bob Goodenow
		Prior to joining the NHLPA, Goodenow was an attorney in Detroit, Mich. He practiced in the areas of general, corporate and commercial law, labour law and athlete representation.
		Goodenow's stiffest test will be keeping the players together in the face of another possible work stoppage.
		Goodenow's first major action, the players' strike on the eve of the 1992 Stanley Cup playoffs, established his reputation as an energetic, militant advocate of players' interests.
	www.cbc.ca /sports/indepth/cba/who/goodenow_bob.html (400 words)

	Bob Goodenow - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		On July 28, 2005, Goodenow announced his resignation as Executive Director, with Ted Saskin being named his replacement.
		However, Goodenow's tactics have come under fire because of his focus on raising player salaries without regard to certain NHL teams who started to experience serious financial difficulties.
		By February 16, 2005, the sides were still far apart, at $49 million and $42.5 million respectively, and the 2004-05 NHL season was canceled entirely.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bob_Goodenow (484 words)

	Bob Goodenow steps down - Hockey Critic
		The players executive committee may have decided to move against Goodenow and Saskin was as good a candidate as any since he is considered a key architect of the six year deal that was just signed.
		Goodenow had always indicated that this would be his final contract as head of the hockey union and Saskin always had the inside track to the job.
		Goodenow's reign will be remembered for the propserity he brought to the players, taking average salaries from $271,000 in 1990 to $1.8 million per year in 2003.
	www.hockeycritic.com /item/93/catid/5 (281 words)

	Out of My basement (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Bob Goodenow has set up a meeting with his player representatives from all 30 NHL teams on November 2.
		Bob Goodenow is the executive director of the NHL Players Association.
		Goodenow is either a fool or a jackass for proposing a plan that would obviously be rejected by the owners and the NHL, which he proposed merely 6 days before the experation of the previous agreement.
	outofmybasement.blogspot.com (2107 words)

	Goodenow caps career with union
		Bob Goodenow is stepping down as head of the NHL Players' Association, less than a week after the union and league approved a new labor deal to end a lockout that wiped out the entire 2004-05 season.
		Goodenow dug in his heels as the season slipped away - even after the union said OK to a cap two days before Bettman pulled the plug on the hockey year.
		Goodenow led the union through its most profitable years when salaries rose from an average of $271,000 in the early 1990's to $1.8 million before the lockout.
	www.comcast.net /data/news/2005/07/29/190076.xml (849 words)

	Goodenow out as head of NHL players' union (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Accepting a salary cap was the last thing Bob Goodenow did as head of the NHL players' union.
		The new labor deal — which Goodenow admitted he was not thrilled with — ended a lockout that wiped out the entire 2004-05 season.
		Goodenow led the union during a time when player salaries skyrocketed from an average of $271,000 in the early 90's to $1.8 million before the lockout.
	famulus.msnbc.com /famulusspt/ap07-28-100156.asp?spt=nhl (641 words)

	Players speak well of former union head
		Goodenow, reportedly at the urging of the NHL Players Association's executive committee, stepped down as executive director with three years left on his contract.
		The Goodenow-led union is perceived as the loser of the 310-day labor war that resulted in the cancellation of the 2004-05 season, and eventually a $39 million per-team salary cap and a link between player salaries and league revenues.
		Bob Goodenow, at the urging of the NHLPA's executive committee, stepped down as executive director with three years left on his contract.
	www.azcentral.com /sports/coyotes/articles/0729coyotesnb0729.html (497 words)

	TSN : NHL - Canada's Sports Leader
		Goodenow had "a couple of years left" on a contract that reportedly paid him $2.5 million US a year.
		The hard-nosed Goodenow officially took as NHLPA executive director in 1992, but had been running the show behind the scenes as early as 1991 in the messy departure of Alan Eagleson.
		Goodenow said Saskin was "uniquely situated" to take over given his work on the collective bargaining agreement.
	www.tsn.ca /nhl/news_story.asp?id=131693 (1413 words)

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		Goodenow, a hard-nosed forward and the team captain at Harvard, spent two years after graduation playing for the Flint (Mich.) Generals in the rough-and-tumble International Hockey League before hanging up his skates.
		The owners soon learned Goodenow, with his savvy negotiating skills and bulldog's mentality, was everything the gregarious, glad-handing Eagleson was not.
		Still, Goodenow is quick to shift the credit - or the blame, as it were - for the resulting sticker shock that set the stage for this current work stoppage.
	www.ksdk.com /printfullstory.aspx?storyid=70109 (941 words)

	USATODAY.com - Goodenow stepping down as head of NHL players' union (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Outgoing NHLPA executive director Bob Goodenow, who built a reputation as an unrelenting, no-holds-barred negotiator, seemed to suggest that he left his job without much of a fight.
		After meeting with the players association's executive committee, Goodenow reached an agreement to leave after 15 years as the players' lead advocate, saying he just believed it was time to move aside for his second-in-command.
		But he said Goodenow's decision to resign, regardless of how the decision was reached, shows his comments were warranted.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/hockey/nhl/2005-07-28-goodenow-out_x.htm (677 words)

	'I hoped to never have seen this day': Bob Goodenow
		NHL Players' Association executive director Bob Goodenow didn't mince words in laying the blame for the cancellation of the NHL season squarely at the feet of team owners and commissioner Gary Bettman.
		Goodenow explained the reason why the union offered a salary cap was because the NHL made a major concession of its own when it tabled a proposal that didn't include linkage.
		Goodenow also declined to comment on speculation that the union would have agreed to a deal if the NHL moved off its take-it-or-leave it final offer of $42.5 million and proposed a $45-million salary cap.
	www.cbc.ca /sports/story/2005/02/16/bob_goodenow050216.html (1356 words)

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		TORONTO (AP) -- Bob Goodenow is stepping down as head of the NHL Players' Association, less than a week after the union and league approved a new labor deal to end a lockout that wiped out the entire 2004-05 season.
		Goodenow led the union during a time when player salaries skyrocketed.
		Kapanen said Goodenow tried to prepare the players for a holdout that could've been as long as a couple of years, but the players just weren't able to commit to a lengthy holdout.
	www.ksdk.com /printfullstory.aspx?storyid=82520 (619 words)

	ESPN.com - NHL - Union, management disagree on influence
		Bob Goodenow on the union's involvement in contract negotiations.
		What the PA doesn't do, Goodenow and his agents-in-arms say, is use any strongarm tactics -- be they gentle words or idle threats -- on agents to extend negotiations in an effort to bleed teams or hold them hostage.
		Though in his capacity as union chief, Goodenow essentially works for the players, that doesn't mean he always has to agree with their causes.
	espn.go.com /nhl/columns/parent_rob/893516.html (1652 words)

	Goodenow Steps down - Addict Baseball and Football Forum
		TORONTO (AP) - Bob Goodenow is stepping down as head of the NHL Players' Association, less than a week after the union and league approved a new labor deal to end a lockout that wiped out the entire 2004-05 season.
		He took the measure of Goodenow and the players union and stood firm and won every major concession that the owners wanted in what is perhaps the most one sided, pro-owner CBA in major pro sports in the past twenty years.
		It is only because the NHL senior player echelons are still dominated by nice guys from Canada that they obediently followed Goodenow over the cliff and then they politely refused to trash him months ago when it was obvious that his strategy was a total failure.
	www.addictsports.com /baseball/showthread.php?t=52880 (1057 words)

	ESPN.com: NHL - Goodenow bio: The skinny on NHLPA leader
		Goodenow was raised in Dearborn, Mich and grew up playing hockey on the outdoor rinks in his hometown.
		After high school, Goodenow traveled East to play hockey and go to school at Harvard University, where he graduated in 1974 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Government Studies and Economics.
		Goodenow captained the Harvard hockey team, and after college, he played on the 1974 and 1975 U.S. National team.
	espn.go.com /nhl/s/2000/1121/893608.html (242 words)

	Bob Goodenow Resigns - XGP Gaming - Gaming & Entertainment
		yeah, i blame goodenow for not backing down, but i blame bettman for cancelling the season, when clearly the players had already cracked on a major issue.
		Goodenow did the what the players asked and had 0 leverage...he was screwed to begin with...
		goodenow did exactly what the players wanted..but the owners NEEDED this to happen...so he was in a bad position to begin with...
	www.xgpgaming.com /forums/showthread.php?t=16608 (1719 words)

	USATODAY.com - Goodenow has NHL players' trust (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		If this is hockey's Armageddon — and it's hard to find anyone in the NHL who doesn't view the current 61-day owners' lockout in cataclysmic terms — then Bob Goodenow is the beast who will bear much of the burden of the fans' discontent.
		Yet, Goodenow's critics suggest he is leading the players — and the NHL with them — over a cliff.
		Still, Goodenow is quick to shift the credit — or the blame, as it were — for the resulting sticker shock that set the stage for this current work stoppage.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/hockey/nhl/2004-11-16-goodenow_x.htm (1062 words)

	The Seattle Times: Hockey: NHL notebook: Goodenow exits job as union head
		TORONTO — Accepting a salary cap was the last thing Bob Goodenow did as head of the NHL players' association.
		The new labor deal — which Goodenow admitted he was not thrilled with — ended a lockout that wiped out the 2004-05 season.
		Goodenow promised that he would never agree to either.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/hockey/2002408612_nhl29.html (518 words)

	Matthew Barnaby, National Hockey League - CBS SportsLine.com
		Bob Goodenow's posturing was in the best interest of some 40 or 50 players in the league.
		Goodenow has spent the past few years preparing his troops for a potentially destructive battle by assuring them they'd emerge victorious just like they did 10 years ago, when his brinksmanship prompted enough owners to give in and make a deal they couldn't sustain.
		Goodenow's efforts were always aimed at protecting the highest-paid players' standard of living, but it's clear now that they've backfired and will end up costing the elites piles of money and many lesser lights their jobs.
	www.sportsline.com /nhl/story/8201334 (702 words)

	CANOE -- SLAM! Sports - NHL - Bob missed the net
		Perhaps Goodenow needed to be reminded back in September the three main goals of his clients: 1.
		Goodenow ensured none of those objectives were met yesterday -- nor will they be now that his issue of mistrust has ensured the players are the last ones on Earth who realize the NHL needs a major financial fix.
		Therefore, the onus is on Goodenow and the players to get over their issues of mistrust and find a solution.
	slam.canoe.ca /Slam/Hockey/NHL/2005/02/17/933775.html (703 words)

	CANOE -- SLAM! Sports - NHL - Bob gives agents earful
		While Goodenow wouldn't name the agents he's most miffed at, he did note that they were not on hand yesterday.
		Goodenow said the agents had "done damage" to the process by going behind the NHLPA's back to speak with owners and players when negotiations were in the 11th hour and the season was about to be cancelled.
		Edmonton-based agent Ritch Winter, after hearing Goodenow's take on what happened during the final stages of negotiations to end the lockout, defended the NHLPA's stance and said NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and the owners were crazy not to accept the union's deal.
	slam.canoe.ca /Slam/Hockey/NHL/2005/03/03/948645.html (590 words)

	SportingNews.com
		Goodenow: He's from the Detroit suburb of Dearborn, which also was the hometown of Henry Ford.
		After Goodenow got the better of Bettman in past battles, Bettman emerged the big winner in CBA III.
		Goodenow: Answers to the players--when he isn't keeping them in lockstep long enough to walk them off a cliff, something even Badenov would appreciate.
	tsn.sportingnews.com /exclusives/20050727/635420.html (188 words)

	ESPN.com - NHL - Goodenow resigns from NHLPA
		The new labor deal -- which Goodenow admitted he was not thrilled with -- ended a lockout that wiped out the entire 2004-05 season.
		Philadelphia forward Sami Kapanen said he thought the union's decision to agree to a salary cap contributed to Goodenow's departure.
		NHLPA president Trevor Linden spoke warmly of Goodenow in the statement announcing his departure.
	sports.espn.go.com /nhl/news/story?id=2118641 (717 words)

	The head of the National Ice Hockey League's players union, Bob Goodenow, has resigned just days after the N-H-L ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The head of the National Ice Hockey League's players union, Bob Goodenow, has resigned just days after the NHL and the union resolved their long-running labor dispute.
		Goodenow represented the players during the work stoppage which canceled the entire 2004-05 ice hockey season, the first time a labor dispute had scuttled an entire an American professional sports season.
		In the new labor agreement, Goodenow was able to win a new free agency structure, but team owners got most of what they wanted.
	quickstart.clari.net /voa/art/ep/2005-07-28-voa49.html (209 words)

	McKenzie: What lies ahead for Goodenow? - Hockey Forums
		Option 1: Goodenow decides that he is interested in remaining in his current post and fulfills the terms of his contract, which reportedly has another three years at $2.5 million per year.
		It's difficult to think Goodenow would or could enter into this new "partnership" with the NHL in general and commissioner Gary Bettman in particular, so the odds of this are long, but you never say never.
		Option 2: Goodenow knows that his days as head of the association are numbered, he's ready to move on, but given the length of time and amount of money owed on his contract, he'll be in no hurry to do anything except wait to see what settlement offer he might get from the NHLPA.
	www.hockeyforums.com /showthread.php?t=12732 (484 words)

	National Hockey League - CBS SportsLine.com
		Were it a perfect world, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and players association leader Bob Goodenow would have used one of the worst periods in league history to find some common ground that moved their own peace process forward.
		Goodenow pointed out the discrepancy when he responded with a lengthy statement later in the day.
		He criticized the "owners' commissioner" for attempting to draw a connection between the bankruptcies and the CBA and insisted that the players association was not responsible for the league's financial problems, or was it the stumbling block to beginning new negotiations.
	www.sportsline.com /nhl/story/6128023 (1317 words)

	Bob Goodenow Resigns at On the Wings
		Bob Goodenow will step down as NHLPA Executive Director and General Counsel, after discussions with members of the Executive Committee about the organization’s future.
		Bob built the NHLPA into a first class organization and we are all very grateful to him.
		Ted has worked closely with Bob every step of the way and has done an excellent job for the Players in our recently concluded CBA negotiations.
	onthewingsblog.com /2005/07/28/bob-goodenow-resigns (450 words)

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