Drug use in NHL not an issue, says NHL Commissioner

Needles and pricks, skates and sticks? Not quite.

As he sat in front of a posse of steely-eyed U.S. congressmen at a hearing into drug use in professional sports Wednesday in Washington, Commissioner Gary Bettman didn't seem at all like a fish out of water.

And why would he be? Congress has much more pressing issues than the NHL when it comes to syringes and pills.

Bettman and NHLPA union boss Paul Kelly sat within arm's reach of the heads of basketball, baseball and football, a trio who have no doubt heard more than their fair share of tales concerning used needles scattered across the carpet of dressing room floors.

"The many years that NHL players have been tested in international competition, as well as recent testing under (the NHL's drug-testing) program, suggests that performance-enhancing drugs had never been part

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there are afew players who i wont mention but their heads aren't proportioned to the rest of their body. there is no doubt there are afew thugs popping pills and taking needles in the arse in the league. bettman is living in dreamland.