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https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-nhlpa-b...ocess/c-779135

The spotter, who is expected to sit in the press box, has a two-way radio in order to communicate what he or she has seen with the training staff on the bench to properly notify a team of a player demonstrating possible signs of a concussion.

Daly said the responsibilities of diagnosing concussions or medically determining if a player can return to play belong to the medical professionals employed by the team in question.

"Depending on the nature of what is reported to him, the trainer has the next call on whether the player needs to be removed for evaluation," Daly said.

The process of logging visible signs of concussions and relaying that information back to the NHL has been put into place for this season to help the League understand what is being observed in a game and what is being flagged, Daly said.

"From that information, determinations can be made as to how the spotter program is functioning and whether it is doing what we designed it to do," Daly said.