Ice Hockey: Lock-out puts franchises under threat
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The National Hockey League announced yesterday that it was locking out its players from midnight last night, a move that plunges the weakest of the major US sports into the gravest crisis in its history.
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For hockey-mad Canadians, tickets to an NHL game are the ultimate Christmas gift. This year, though, they were worthless after NHL owners locked out players in a labor dispute that is threatening to wipe out an entire season.
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When the National Hockey League announced it was locking out its players when the collective-bargaining agreement expired Sept. 15, it had an immediate impact on the league's staff, which was trimmed by roughly 50 percent.
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In the National Hockey League, job security among goaltenders is an oxymoron. Sure, there are exceptions - Martin Brodeur in New Jersey, Miikka Kiprusoff in Calgary, Henrik Lundqvist in New York, Roberto Luongo in Vancouver, and Olaf Kolzig in Washington.
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CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Canada&#39;s NHL teams came out Thursday and voiced their support for the league&#39;s decision to lockout its players.
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I said hockey. You know, the NHL. The game played on ice that&#39;s currently on ice. Hockey, for gosh sakes. Anyway, NHL players, locked out by club owners over collective-bargaining issues, offered
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When NHL commissioner Gary Bettman confirmed yesterday the start of a player lockout that had loomed for months, he also issued a stern warning to the players on the other side of the labor conflict.
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That&#39;s what you can be assured of now following the NHL&#39;s unflinching rejection of the NHLPA&#39;s recent offer to end the current lockout and the union&#39;s subsequent rejection Tuesday of a league counter-proposal.
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An NHL lockout that's already nine weeks old won't end anytime soon unless owners show some willingness to negotiate, agents said after a meeting with the players' union.
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The NHL lockout starts just after midnight Thursday. On Friday night, there will be a chance to see NHL players in action -- if you&#39;re willing to trek to Barrie, Ontario.
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It seems like just yesterday that Chris Chelios, then of the Chicago Blackhawks, issued a warning to National Hockey League commissioner Gary Bettman during a lockout.
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Contract negotiations between the National Hockey League and the NHL Players&#39; Association hit a boiling point yesterday when a league official accused the union of wanting a lockout.
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Toronto, ON (Sports Network) - A lockout for the National Hockey League looks to be inevitable after Thursday&#39;s proposal from the NHLPA did little to narrow the impasse between the owners and players.
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Someday, after the NHL lockout ends, there will be stories to tell about how this hockey hiatus changed the direction of people's careers. Because things will never be the same.
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NEW YORK Sept. 16, 2004 - No shots, no saves, no goals. The National Hockey League locked out its players Thursday, threatening to keep the sport off the ice for the entire 2004-05 season and perhaps beyond
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If a lockout ends up canceling the season, it probably also means NHL players won&#39;t participate in the 2006 Olympics in Turin, Italy.
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An NHL lockout that&#39;s already nine weeks old won&#39;t end any time soon unless owners show some willingness to negotiate, agents said after a meeting with the players&#39; union.