NHL Players, Coaches Bide Time in Lockout
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The hum from machinery tucked under the seats at Joe Louis Arena was the only sound heard. The ice surface was empty &#151; and so were the stands. Welcome to the NHL lockout.
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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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A look at European hockey rosters shows that Sweden&#39;s MoDo might have benefited the most from the NHL&#39;s lockout. By Karl Gehring, AP/The Denver Post.
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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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An NHL lockout that is nine weeks old will not end soon unless the owners show some willingness to negotiate, agents said after a meeting with the players union.
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No shots, no saves, no goals. The National Hockey League locked out its players, 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 economic change.
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NEW YORK - The NHL and the playersâ association will resume talks next week in an effort to end the 78-day lockout and save the season.
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The lockout of ice hockey players by the National Hockey League is sending a chill through US arena operators who rely on professional hockey as a vital audience puller.
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The NHL owners have shut down the league by opting to lock out its players. This stoppage is not the result of the players striking.
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First, the talking stopped. Now, the games have, too. Hockey has run out of time and tournaments. All that's left is a lockout.
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The NHL and NHL Players Association will meet next week to review a proposal being prepared by the players, in a bid to end the lockout that has wiped out the first two months of the season.
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A lockout looms for the National Hockey League and its players union as the clock ticks down on a collective bargaining agreement that expires at midnight Wednesday.
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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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A look at the NHL lockout through Saturday, Dec. 4:
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Representatives for NHL owners and  locked out players will meet Wednesday in what is regarded as a  last-ditch effort to save the season.
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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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Consider the phrase "Wait Until Next Year" out of retirement. Those four words now have a new place among the fandom in Boston as the NHL canceled its season yesterday, 154 days into an ownership-imposed lockout.