NHLPA official says Fehr has not been offered job

TORONTO (AP) -A top union official says Donald Fehr has not accepted an offer to become executive director of the National Hockey League Players' Association.

Mike Ouellet, the NHLPA's chief of business affairs, praised Fehr's work as an unpaid adviser to the players Thursday, but denied reports the former Major League Baseball Players' Association head had taken the top job.

Ouellet says its premature to say an offer has been accepted because the executive board has not been given a recommendation yet.

The 62-year-ol Fehr has been serving as an unpaid consultant since November. The office has been vacant since Paul Kelly was fired last August, less than two years after assuming the role.