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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For hockey-mad Canadians, tickets to an NHL game are the ultimate Christmas gift. This year, though, they were worthless after NHL owners locked out players in a labor dispute that is threatening to wipe out an entire season.
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With the expiration of the NHL&#39;s collective bargaining agreement, the league locked out its players at midnight Wednesday. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman announced earlier in the
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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 National Hockey League appeared to  be one day away from cancelling its season due to a labor  dispute after owners rejected a salary cap proposal from  locked-out players.
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NEW YORK (Ticker) - With the season spiraling toward oblivion, the National Hockey League moved one step closer Wednesday. With no sign of an agreement between the league and the players association on the
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The NHL lockout forced the cancellation of this season&#39;s All-Star game, scheduled to be held in Atlanta in February. Wednesday&#39;s announcement that the midseason showcase would not be held came on the 49th
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The Stanley Cup champion Carolina Hurricanes will play the Buffalo Sabres as part of an Oct. 4 opening night doubleheader on the channel formerly know as OLN.
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Gary Bettman and the NHL return to the negotiating table with the players&#39; association today in Toronto, but the league is expected to formally reject the offer made by the union last Thursday.
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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 NHL and its players' union emerge from a 4 1/2-hour meeting Thursday in Toronto without significant progress toward a labor agreement to save the season.
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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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NEW YORK - The National Hockey League will lock out its players Thursday, threatening to keep the sport off the ice for the entire 2004-05 season. The long-expected decision was approved unanimously Wednesday by NHL owners, who are demanding cost certainty, which players say would be tantamount to a salary cap...
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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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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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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.