NHL Set to Miss Opening Night
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The Tampa Bay Lightning were supposed to raise their Stanley Cup championship banner this week to kick off the new season. Instead, the arena that rocked during the finals in June will be dark because of a labor dispute that shows no sign of ending soon. That will be the case, too, for Ottawa, Chicago, Colorado, Phoenix, Anaheim and San Jose, also slated to host openers Wednesday night.
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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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In another sign the NHL season is slipping away, the league canceled its All-Star Game because of the lockout. The season was supposed to have begun Oct. 13.
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NEW YORK  - 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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On the eve of the scheduled start of the new NHL season, there is still no sign of the owners&#39; lockout of players being resolved.
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----- NEW YORK (Ticker) - As announced by NHL commissioner Gary Bettman on Wednesday afternoon, the league enforced a lockout at midnight EDT, when the collective bargaining agreement expired.
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NHL referee Rob Martell will miss at least one week of action after getting hit in the left eye with an errant puck during the San Jose Sharks' game against St. Louis.
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The NHL is disappearing right before our eyes, and the reason is simple.
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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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The NHL will return to Europe to open next season, announcing Saturday that two games each will be played in Prague and Stockholm.
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com. If the NHL season is lost due to the current owner&#39;s lockout sometime in the next few weeks, fans, players and owners alike can blame it on the unlucky No.
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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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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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The NHL and NHLPA will be meeting Tuesday in Toronto at 1pm et/10am pt at which time the NHL is expected to respond to Thursday&#39;s NHLPA proposal.
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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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A look at the NHL lockout through Saturday, Dec. 4:
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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.