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2026

NHLPA Website Redesign

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Category

Website & Mobile Sites - User Experience & Interface

Client's Name

National Hockey League Players’ Association (NHLPA)

Country / Region

Canada

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About The Entry

The National Hockey League Players’ Association (NHLPA) represents more than 700 elite professional athletes across the NHL, advocating for player rights, benefits, and the long-term growth of the game. Its website needed to serve a uniquely broad audience—players, agents, media, fans, and partners—while balancing legal clarity, real-time data, and compelling storytelling. This full redesign reimagined NHLPA.com as a modern, player-first digital home. The experience brings together editorial content, live league data, and institutional resources into a cohesive, intuitive platform that reflects the professionalism and influence of the organization behind it. At the heart of the redesign is a simplified information architecture that transforms complex topics—such as collective bargaining, benefits, and player programs—into content that is clear, accessible, and easy to explore. Editorial storytelling highlights player voices and league narratives, while real-time NHL data integrations ground the site in the rhythm of the season. Interactive features, including tools like the CBA Explorer, help demystify dense information for both players and the public. Visually, the site balances authority with energy. A clean, confident design system, flexible layouts, and strong typographic hierarchy support both long-form reading and quick discovery. Motion and interaction are used sparingly to guide attention without distracting from content. The experience is fully responsive and optimized for performance across devices, ensuring accessibility for users wherever they are. Built on a scalable headless CMS, the platform empowers the NHLPA team to publish efficiently, adapt quickly, and evolve over time. The result is a future-ready website that strengthens trust, elevates storytelling, and reinforces the NHLPA’s role as a leader in the sport—on and off the ice.

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