Locked-out NHLers lose again in Sweden
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LINKOPING, Sweden - Boston Bruins forward Mike Knuble had one goal and two assists to lead Swedish Elite League club Linkoping past the World Stars team of NHL players 6-4 Sunday night.
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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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Second-year player Nicklas Backstrom, 19, a native of Sweden, may be having difficulty overcoming the language barrier but no interpreter is needed when he steps on the ice.
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HELSINKI, Finland (Ticker) -- While becoming the first team to score against Miikka Kiprusoff in the World Cup of Hockey, Sweden was unable to do it often enough.
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In another sign the NHL season is slipping away, the league yesterday canceled its All-Star Game because of the lockout. No regular-season games have been played since the season was scheduled to begin Oct.
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Three players have been kicked off Sweden's national Tre Kronor ice hockey team and two of the players have been fired from their club following allegations they raped a woman, club officials said.
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The loss dropped the Americans into third place in Group A with a 2-2 record. The US team will face Sweden in the quarterfinals on Saturday.
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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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The National Hockey League will lock out its players Thursday, starting a work stoppage that threatens to keep the sport off the ice for the entire 2004-05 season.
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The lockout of NHL players by the league&#39;s owners moved into its eighth day today, with the stalemate expected to last for months.
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The NHL, which is in the midst of a labor lockout, disputed a Forbes magazine study that found the league lost less than half as much money as it claimed last season.
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The NHL rejected last week's proposal by the players' association and then had its own counteroffer turned down Tuesday during a 3 1/2-hour negotiating session.
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The message board in Canada&#39;s dressing room spoke volumes: Practice canceled tomorrow. No one else to beat. The next fight for these stars is with NHL owners, who are set to lock them out Wednesday night.
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Red Wings forward Tomas Holmstrom is out indefinitely with an upper-body injury and will be replaced in the lineup by right wing Darryl Bootland.
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The National Hockey League is locking out its players starting Thursday, threatening to keep the sport off the ice for the entire 2004-05 season and perhaps beyond in an effort by management to gain massive change in the sport's economic structure.
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For the second time in 10 years, the National (ice) Hockey League (NHL) has decided to lock out its players and suspend operations.
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CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Traversing across Europe in a short period of time has taken its toll on the Worldstars. The tired group of locked-out NHL players were unable to keep up to physically fit Farjestad club