Owners Lock Out NHL Players Over Contract Dispute
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National Hockey League owners carried  out their threat to lock out players on Wednesday, shutting  down the league after the two sides were unable to reach a new  labor deal.
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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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The National Hockey League and the NHL Players Association broke off talks yesterday in Toronto aimed at ending the lockout and beating a weekend deadline to save the season.
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The NHL said Wednesday it was imposing a lockout of the players association, effective Thursday &#151; the day after the expiration of the current collective bargaining agreement.
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The NHL 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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NHL owners carried out their threat to  lockout players on Wednesday, shutting down the league after  the two sides were unable to reach a new labor deal.
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Hopes for an NHL season were left  hanging by a thread Thursday as players presented a proposal  that included a massive 24 percent rollback in salaries but did  not address owners' main demand for cost certainty.
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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.
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Talks between team owners and  locked-out players broke off without agreement Thursday,  leaving hopes for an ice hockey season hanging by a thread.
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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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Barring a miracle (which isn't coming), the National Hockey League owners will officially shut down operations Wednesday when the collective bargaining agreement expires. Jobs will be lost, arenas will be dark, and fans will be left waiting. Both sides, entrenched in their positions, deserve equal blame for not hammering out a deal. There are no bargaining sessions scheduled, and why ...
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Locked-out NHL players Marco Turco, Marc Savard and Kim Johnsson quit their European clubs.
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The leaders of the National Hockey League have slammed the door on players, instituting a lockout that began at 12:01 this morning, upon the expiration of the 10-year-old collective bargaining
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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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CBC SPORTS ONLINE - An NHL lockout appears almost unavoidable after the league swiftly rejected the NHL Players&#39; Association&#39;s latest offer on Thursday.
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When NHL commissioner Gary Bettman announced on September 15 that the league had failed to reach a new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) and would lock out the players it drove an icy spike through the hearts of hockey-mad Canadians.
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TORONTO : The National Hockey League slid closer towards losing a season to a labor dispute for the first time, as players rejected a new bid by management to end a three-month lockout.