BOSTON -- Talk about a tough league.
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman showed up at Thursday night's game between the Boston Bruins and Tampa Bay Lightning with a cast on his left arm. Asked whether he had dropped the gloves against one of the league's enforcers, Bettman said he actually had tendon surgery on Monday.
He then joked, "It's a result of reporters asking (stupid) questions."
Bettman gave his league good grades on its opening weeks, which included a two-game series in London between Anaheim and Los Angeles. Attendance is up across the league, he said, though the Bruins had about two-thirds of the new Boston Garden filled for their home opener as they went head-to-head with a Red Sox baseball playoff game.
"We're anticipating a record year," he said.
