NHL Teams Furious After Memo From the League on Pride
The NHL were once proud supporters of Pride Night around the league, but after players like Ivan Provorov and James Reimer openly came out against them a year ago, its been a major issue ever since.
A major issue
For some reason, the NHL allowing these nights has come under major scrutiny since that point, and in order to get ahead of that in 2023-24, they came out and released a memo to all 32 teams, but it wasn't received well.
This all comes from a reputable source at ESPN in Ryan S. Clark.
A source told ESPN that several teams sought clarity as the first memo was deemed to be confusing and restrictive.
Now, here is a transcript of the confusing part of the memo, and it's safe to say it's understandable why teams were confused and annoyed at the league.
A confusing mess
At this point, no one is sure what is happening with specialty nights around the league, and it appears the NHL are in the same boat, so this is something for fans to keep a close eye on as the 2023-24 season approaches.
As Read on House of Hockey - Gary Bettman Issues A Ridiculous Memo Regarding Pride Night Upsetting Numerous NHL Teams
| POLL | ||
OCTOBRE 8 | 161 ANSWERS NHL Teams Furious After Memo From the League on Pride Should the NHL allow all specialty nights again? | ||
| Yes | 53 | 32.9 % |
| No | 108 | 67.1 % |
| LIST OF POLLS | ||
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YESTERDAY
JANUARY 31, 2026
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| G | A | PTS | ||
| Cole Caufield | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Adrian Kempe | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Alexis Lafrenière | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Nathan MacKinnon | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Brady Tkachuk | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Vincent Trocheck | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Noel Acciari | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Filip Forsberg | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Anthony Mantha | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Kailer Yamamoto | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Mathew Barzal | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Jonatan Berggren | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Jakob Chychrun | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Joel Eriksson Ek | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Brock Faber | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Morgan Frost | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Vladislav Gavrikov | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Quinn Hughes | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Kent Johnson | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Roman Josi | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| COMPLETE STATS | ||||
| 2025-2026 NHL STANDINGS | ||||||
| GP | W | L | OL | PTS | ||
| Lightning | 52 | 34 | 14 | 4 | 72 | |
| Red Wings | 56 | 32 | 18 | 6 | 70 | |
| Canadiens | 55 | 31 | 17 | 7 | 69 | |
| Sabres | 54 | 31 | 18 | 5 | 67 | |
| Bruins | 55 | 32 | 20 | 3 | 67 | |
| Panthers | 54 | 28 | 23 | 3 | 59 | |
| Senators | 54 | 26 | 21 | 7 | 59 | |
| Maple Leafs | 55 | 25 | 21 | 9 | 59 | |
| GP | W | L | OL | PTS | ||
| Hurricanes | 54 | 33 | 15 | 6 | 72 | |
| Penguins | 53 | 28 | 14 | 11 | 67 | |
| Islanders | 55 | 30 | 20 | 5 | 65 | |
| Blue Jackets | 54 | 27 | 20 | 7 | 61 | |
| Capitals | 56 | 27 | 22 | 7 | 61 | |
| Flyers | 54 | 24 | 20 | 10 | 58 | |
| Devils | 55 | 28 | 25 | 2 | 58 | |
| Rangers | 56 | 22 | 28 | 6 | 50 | |
| GP | W | L | OL | PTS | ||
| Avalanche | 53 | 36 | 8 | 9 | 81 | |
| Wild | 56 | 32 | 14 | 10 | 74 | |
| Stars | 55 | 32 | 14 | 9 | 73 | |
| Mammoth | 55 | 28 | 23 | 4 | 60 | |
| Predators | 54 | 25 | 23 | 6 | 56 | |
| Jets | 54 | 22 | 25 | 7 | 51 | |
| Blackhawks | 55 | 21 | 25 | 9 | 51 | |
| Blues | 55 | 20 | 26 | 9 | 49 | |
| GP | W | L | OL | PTS | ||
| Golden Knights | 54 | 25 | 15 | 14 | 64 | |
| Oilers | 56 | 28 | 20 | 8 | 64 | |
| Kraken | 54 | 26 | 19 | 9 | 61 | |
| Kings | 53 | 23 | 17 | 13 | 59 | |
| Ducks | 54 | 28 | 23 | 3 | 59 | |
| Sharks | 53 | 27 | 22 | 4 | 58 | |
| Flames | 54 | 22 | 26 | 6 | 50 | |
| Canucks | 55 | 18 | 31 | 6 | 42 | |
COMPLETE STANDINGS | ||||||