Inside Gary Bettman's New Year's Eve party

The balloon didn't stop floating all night,so they nicknamed it "Ovechkin".Scene: Saturday night, shortly before midnight, in a spacious home in New York. NHL commissioner Gary Bettman is welcoming guests for his annual New Year's Eve party. Deputy commissioner Bill Daly arrives.Bill Daly: Hi Gary… thanks for the invite. How's the party going?Gary Bettman: So far so good. It got off to a rough start when Ilya Bryzgalov tried to convince everyone that it was a waste of time to celebrate the passage of a single year from within the unfathomably vast history of the cosmos. But we had Milan Lucic take a run at him, and ever since then it's been smooth sailing.Daly: Nice. Mind if I help myself to some punch?Bettman: Of course, be my guest.Daly: Thanks pal. Uh, do you have any ice?Dan Craig (appearing suddenly): I'm on it!Craig reaches into a container with a small pair of tongs and selects several immaculately formed ice cubes, which he proceeds to inspect ...