N.H.L. Moves a Step Closer to Canceling Season
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The National Hockey League rejected an 11th-hour proposal by the league's Players Association.
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- The odds are against them, and the Bruins may have to pay the devil to get into the playoffs. But they moved one giant step closer last night with a 4-1 win over New Jersey that was very much Devil-like.
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BEIJING, Dec. 15 -- The National Hockey League has slipped closer towards losing - for the first time - a season to a labor dispute.
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They have very different goals but the same deadline. They have three more weeks to sneak into big-name events, to generate a little confidence heading into the offseason or simply secure a job for next season.
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The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) and the National Hockey League (NHL) inched closer to a transfer agreement after the NHL conceded too many young Europeans are playing in North American minor leagues.
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By tomorrow -- or perhaps Tuesday, if the National Hockey League decides not to spoil Valentine's Day -- the 2004-05 season will officially be canceled. It would be the ultimate irony to pull the plug on a day that is supposed to celebrate the heart, not break it.
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The National Hockey League canceled  its season on Wednesday unable to reach a new collective  bargaining agreement with locked out players, becoming the  first North American professional sports league to lose an  entire schedule due to a labor dispute.
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It's all over but the official announcement. The National Hockey League will formally pull the plug on the 2004-05 season tomorrow at 1 p.m. when commissioner Gary Bettman holds a news conference at a Manhattan hotel.
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With new N.H.L. rules emphasizing speed and skill over brawn and intimidation, resistance to wearing visors seems to be softening.
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TORONTO - Now, for the first time, there is some hope that the NHL season will not be cancelled. Now, for the first time, there is bound to be significant internal pressure
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hockey The board of governors from the 30 NHL teams met yesterday in Chicago and moved closer to ditching the unbalanced schedule, returning to teams playing every other club, by next season. Although a vote won't take place before the group meets again in November, there was a clear indication that the often criticized schedule, instituted after the lockout wiped ...
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Things seem to be going New Hampshire's way. The Wildcats had a bye week and still moved up two places to No. 7 in the Sports Network Division 1-AA football poll.
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The NHL plans to reject the players&#39; association&#39;s latest collective bargaining agreement proposal today in Toronto, and the 2004-05 season appears destined for cancellation.
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The Penguins moved a step closer to leaving Pittsburgh, declaring on Monday an impasse in their new arena negotiations with state and local leaders and saying they will actively pursue relocation.
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The N.H.L. appears poised to reject a proposal made by the players union, which included a 24 percent reduction in pay and other concessions but not a hard salary cap.
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The Montreal Expos have received legal notice from Major League Baseball that the team will move Nov. 30, TQS television reported yesterday.
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In perhaps the last effort to head off a lost season, the NHL makes a new offer to the players' association on Wednesday.