The NHL helped end a stalemate between the U. USA Hockey last year by bridging a “sizable” financial gap, NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly russian women’s national hockey team ESPN. 25,000 per player to help fund their four-year agreement with the women’s national team.

But on March 28, an agreement was finalized that ended that contentious negotiation, which had included the threat of an international tournament boycott and USA Hockey seeking to use younger replacements on the national team. What wasn’t known at the time: How much that cease fire could be credited to a curious third party — the National Hockey League. The NHL’s role was first reported by the Associated Press. We already direct a large amount of support dollars to USA Hockey on an annual basis to promote hockey development in the U. NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly, in the league’s first public confirmation of the payment. When the issue with the women’s team arose last year, USA Hockey had to find dollars to reallocate to the women’s program and they were still facing a sizable gap in funding. We felt like it was the right thing to do to help them cover that gap or shortfall.

21,000 contributed by the United States Olympic Committee in a tiered stipend system. 21,000 annually, while lesser-known players are on the other end of the scale. 25,000 per player, the rest of the money comes from USA Hockey. There are also performance bonuses above their salaries. For winning the gold medal, U.

37,500, which by federal law is tax-free. The settlement ended a few weeks of very public acrimony between the players and USA Hockey. USA Hockey responded by attempting to assemble a “Plan B” national team of younger U. It then tried rec league and high school players, but found they were in lock-step with the national team. When the NHL was asked to get involved, or decided to, is unclear.