A Players’ Association executive committee conference call on the matter was held Monday evening and the vote concluded Friday at 8:15 p.m.
The AJLNH has formed a committee whose mandate will be to find Donald Fehr’s successor. The committee will consist of seven players: Ian Cole (Carolina Hurricanes), Justin Faulk (Saint Louis Blues), Sam Gagner (Detroit Red Wings), Zach Hyman (Edmonton Oilers), Kyle Okposo (Buffalo Sabers ), Nate Schmidt (Winnipeg Jets) and Kevin Shattenkirk (Anaheim Duck).
A lawyer by training, Fehr headed the Major League Baseball Players Association from 1985 to 2009 before joining the NHL. He will have guided the players during two collective agreement negotiations, which were successful in 2013 and 2020.
Fehr will remain at the head of the union while the search for his successor is made.
The 73-year-old American has recently come under fire for his role in the 2010 Kyle Beach case, which came to light last year. An investigation commissioned by the Players Association, made public two weeks ago, however, found he was not at fault when Fehr and other union leaders failed to follow up on a report that a Chicago Blackhawks player, who turned out to be Kyle Beach, was sexually assaulted by a team member in 2010.
