NHLPA Dismisses Executive Director, Former U.S. Prosecutor Paul Kelly

By Dan Canavan   The NHLPA announced on August 31 that its executive board voted “overwhelmingly” to dismiss Paul Kelly as executive director. The NHLPA executive board, which is made up of 30 players from each club, also announced that Ian Penny will serve as the interim executive director, and that it has established a committee to find a permanent replacement.   Kelly, a former U.S. prosecutor in Massachusetts who led the NHLPA for almost two years, will be remembered as mainta