ARTICLE 24: INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY GAMES
24.1 (a) The NHL/NHLPA International Committee ("International Committee") shall be entitled to plan, schedule, and conduct International Hockey Games each season. Unless the International Committee authorizes other dates, International Hockey Games may be scheduled between the start of Training Camp and the following February 15. The Players and/or Clubs selected by the International Committee shall be obliged to participate in said games.
(b) The International Hockey Games provided for in subsection (a) of this Section may be between two (2) NHL Clubs playing outside North America and/or between an NHL Club and one or more clubs or national teams from outside North America, and may include any Olympic or World Cup game in which NHL Players play.
(c) The NHLPA shall be entitled to 50 percent of all proceeds and other revenues from the International Hockey Games provided for in the preceding subsections of this Section after deduction from all proceeds and all revenues of all legitimate costs and expenses approved by the International Committee, including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the amount payable as compensation and/or expense reimbursement to or for the foreign team or teams, including any amount payable with respect to taxes imposed on it or them which is not collectible from it or them, and the amount of all other legitimate costs and expenses reasonably incurred by the League or any Club in connection with any of the said International Hockey Games. Each Player participating in an International Hockey Game shall receive an appropriate per diem to be set by the International Committee, which amount shall be no less than $110 U.S. per day. To the extent that the revenues may be insufficient to defray the expenses with respect to any game, the deficiency shall be paid equally by the NHL and the NHLPA out of and to the extent of their respective shares.
24.2 The International Committee shall consist of the Commissioner or his designee and the Chief Legal Officer of the NHL together with the Executive Director or his designee and the Senior Director, Business Affairs and Licensing of the NHLPA. A quorum shall consist of one representative from the NHL and one representative from the NHLPA.
24.3 Subject to the provisions of Section 24.1 hereof, the International Committee shall be entitled to negotiate, contract for, arrange and conduct International Hockey Games provided for under Section 24.1 hereof, including (without limiting the generality of the foregoing) selection of teams, players and opposition, and determination of schedule, place, conditions and rules of play and all financial arrangements.
24.4 A Player who participates in any International Hockey Game provided for in Section 24.1 or 24.6 hereof shall have the same rights and obligations under his SPC and under this Agreement as if he were participating in a regular NHL Game except: (i) no additional compensation shall be paid to the Player by any Club for any such International Hockey Game, and (ii) no such International Hockey Game shall be taken into account in determining any bonus for performance. The Player agrees that from the time he joins the National team until his release therefrom, he shall be subject to League discipline.
24.5 The NHL and the NHLPA shall continue to cooperate in the development of long range international hockey planning, including the World Cup of Hockey and NHL participation in the Olympic Games, as well as other International Hockey Games and tournaments.
24.6 For the IIHF World Championships, the Clubs shall permit a Player to play for his National team provided:
(a) The Player's Club either did not qualify for the NHL Playoffs or was eliminated in an early round of the Playoffs.
(b) No agent or representative of the Player's National team inquired as to whether the Player would be willing to play for his National team until after his Club was eliminated from the NHL Playoffs and any such inquiry was not made prior to giving notice to the General Manager of the Player's Club.
(c) The IIHF or the Player's National team agree to provide such insurance to cover the remaining value of the Player's SPC.
(d) The IIHF or the Player's National team agree to provide such additional insurance to cover the Player's loss of earning capacity as the Player may require.
24.7 A Player participating in the IIHF World Championships will be deemed to be participating in a hockey-related activity pursuant to his SPC, and will be protected for injury to the same extent as if he were participating in an NHL Game.
24.8 Notwithstanding the foregoing, the NHL and the NHLPA commit to participate in the 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics, subject to negotiation of mutually acceptable terms with the IIHF.
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