from Pierre LeBrun of ESPN,

A year into the making, the NHL and NHL Players' Association have launched an education initiative that features presentations to players on all 30 clubs aimed at raising awareness of domestic abuse and sexual assault and harassment.

The presentations began with three teams Monday and will run through late February with a specific focus on prevention, said Jessica Berman, the NHL's vice president of special projects and corporate social responsibility.

The NHL and NHLPA have been working on the education initiative since last year. While the Ray Rice 2014 incident in the NFL raised the issue to new heights in pro sports, the NHL had its own cases over the past year and a half, including Slava Voynov's arrest while with the Los Angeles Kings.

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