THE GOODENOW AND THE BAD: JUDGE DOESN'T BELIEVE TESTIMONY

          NLRB Judge Margaret Kern ruled in favor of the NHLPA's
     "several complaints of unfair labour practice against the
     NHL," but she concluded in one decision that the testimony
     of NHLPA Exec Dir Bob Goodenow and union lawyers Ian Pulver
     and Jeff Citron was "not credible," according to Alan Adams
     of the NATIONAL POST.  Kern ruled that the NHL "violated
     U.S. labour law when it refused to provide the NHLPA with a
     breakdown of subsidy payments," but "did not believe"
     Goodenow, Pulver and Citron when they "denied reading"
     reports published in '95 about the NHL's subsidy program to
     aid the Flames, Oilers and Senators.  Kern also ruled that
     the NHL "violated labour law by refusing to provide the
     NHLPA with copies of all trade memos" from '96-97 to
     present.  Adams writes that that decision is "seen as an
     important win for the players" because they now have access
     to "detailed information about salaries, deferred salaries
     and tax-related issues" (NATIONAL POST, 6/18).