Hockey Fans Are Silent, and Union Is Listening
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On Thursday, union boss Bob Goodenow stirred up the suffocating dead air by unveiling a shocking offer to end the N.H.L. lockout.
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TORONTO -- Forget it, there isn&#39;t going to be an NHL season. Not a chance. The biggest question going into yesterday&#39;s NHL Players&#39; Association meeting was whether the union would call the NHL to restart negotiations
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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 National Hockey League and its  players ended three days of labor talks in an apparent deadlock  on Thursday, with little progress seen in avoiding a lockout by  team owners later this month.
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There would have been plenty to talk about when player representatives met with union leadership yesterday as the National Hockey League lockout reaches its 48th day.
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There's a hole in the heart of Hockeytown. Joe Louis Arena was dark and empty New Year's Eve. It's the place where thousands traditionally begin their night of revelry with a pre-holiday Detroit Red Wings game.
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NHL players emerged Tuesday from a four-hour meeting united behind union leadership in the nearly 7-week-old lockout. &quot;(Commissioner Gary Bettman) wants to
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NHL players emerged Tuesday from a four-hour meeting united behind union leadership in the nearly 7-week-old lockout. By Adrian Wyld, AP.
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The NHL players' association is taking its case public.
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After failing to make any progress toward a new collective bargaining agreement, the NHL owners and players agreed on one point: A lockout seems inevitable.
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NEW YORK (Sports Network) - The National Hockey League  labor talks concluded Friday after roughly four hours, and the  prospects for a season appear to be unlikely. Both sides  reported no progress in negotiations toward the lockout's  conclusion.
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As hard as the numerous NHL players gathered here tried to maintain focus on tonight&#39;s World Cup of Hockey final, it was impossible to ignore the larger issue rumbling through their midst.
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No progress doesn't mean no hockey -- at least not yet. NHL labor talks ended yesterday after a four-hour meeting, without a resolution or a historic announcement that the season has been lost.
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CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Behind closed doors, some of hockey&#39;s most influential people met to discuss the game. It wasn&#39;ta meeting to end the lockout, but how to improve NHL hockey once it gets up and running again.
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That could be the common refrain heard by NHL Players Association executive director Bob Goodenow today when the union&#39;s executive committee and representatives of the 30 clubs meet at a Toronto hotel.
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Locked-out NHL players reaffirmed their solidarity by shoring up cracks in the membership during a four-hour meeting with union leaders Tuesday.
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NEW YORK  The NHL and the players association moved no closer to a collective bargaining agreement during a five-hour meeting Tuesday. In fact, the sides even took a slight detour.