Some great DL quotes in here.
Very glad to see the commitment manifest in action, even if many of us are sad bad things had to happen first.
Lebrun Article:
http://espn.go.com/nhl/story/_/id/1...ering-player-support-rehabilitate-their-image
LA Times/Dillman:
http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-kings-peace-over-violence-20150921-story.html
ings News:
http://kings.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=779892&cmpid=rss-News
Summary:
"Highlighting today’s announcement is the Kings’ new partnership with Peace Over Violence, a violence prevention center headquartered in Los Angeles. As part of this new partnership, the Kings and Peace Over Violence (POV) will create a promotional campaign entitled “Kings Over Violence” in an effort to create a platform to significantly increase awareness against violence. Within this campaign, the Kings will seek to support the goals of POV, which is dedicated to building healthy relationships, families and communities free from sexual, domestic and interpersonal violence.
In addition to the POV / Kings Over Violence program, the club is adding:
-The Herren Project, aimed at better educating players about the dangers of drug and alcohol abuse.
-Sexual harassment training.
-A conduct awareness program created by the Kings’ owner, AEG Sports properties.
-A new Player Assistance position, which will focus on the challenges of addiction and substance abuse, has been created. The Kings have hired former NHL player Brantt Myhres for this position.
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