Robert W. "Bob" Goodenow (born October 29, 1952 in

Dearborn, Michigan Dearborn is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. At the 2020 census, it had a population of 109,976. Dearborn is the seventh most-populated city in Michigan and is home to the largest Muslim population in the United States pe ...

) is an American lawyer who served as the second executive director of the

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from 1992 until his resignation on July 28, 2005. He graduated from

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in 1974 and from the

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Law School in 1979. Goodenow succeeded

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as the head of the NHLPA in 1992 upon Eagleson's resignation. In his first couple months on the job, he led the players out on a 10-day strike on the eve of the

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playoffs. Two years later, Goodenow and NHL Commissioner

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oversaw a 103-day lockout that lasted from October 1, 1994 to January 11, 1995. Goodenow was also the NHLPA's Executive Director during the 2004–05 labor dispute, which resulted in the cancellation of the

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. A tentative agreement was reached on July 13, 2005. On July 28, 2005, Goodenow was asked to step down as NHLPA chief and was replaced by

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, NHLPA Senior Director of Business Affairs and Licensing and the head negotiator during the CBA contract talks. This resignation came less than two weeks after the NHL and the NHLPA came to the new CBA. On December 15, 2007, TSN reported that Goodenow had been hired by Russian businessman

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to help in the creation of a European hockey league to rival the

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. The

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was eventually formed a year later.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Goodenow, Bob 1952 births Living people Harvard University alumni University of Detroit Mercy alumni National Hockey League Players Association executive directors Sportspeople from Dearborn, Michigan Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey players