NHL, NHLPA agree to continue Senior Player Benefit program in 2013

The NHL and NHL Players Association agreed on Monday to continue funding the Senior Player Benefit program through 2013 regardless of the on-going collective bargaining negotiations. The Senior Player Benefit program acts as a supplemental source of income for retired NHL players 65 years of age or older. Originally created during the 2004-05 lockout, the program is sustained by annual contributions of $2 million by both the NHL and NHLPA. Those contributions are then distributed amongst the ret...