Bettman marks anniversary as NHL lockout continues By BRUCE GARRIOCH, QMI Agency

NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman took the league's top job 20 years ago. (REUTERS) NHL, locked out players to talk again at 'undisclosed' location NHL cancels games through Dec. 30

It will be a hollow anniversary for Gary Bettman.

Twenty years ago, on Dec. 11, 1992, the NHL board of governors confirmed during a meeting in Palm Beach, Fla., the then 40-year-old former NBA executive was the league's first commissioner, replacing president Gil Stein.