Lockout Looms as NHL, Players' Union Deadlocked
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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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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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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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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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TORONTO - The public mud slinging and name calling over the National Hockey League lockout fell to a hush Wednesday ahead of the first meeting between the league and its union since the deadlock began three months ago.
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The National Hockey League appeared to  be one day away from canceling its season due to a labor  dispute after owners rejected a salary cap proposal from  locked-out players.
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NEW YORK - 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.    The long-expected decision was confirmed by NHL owners Wednesday following a meeting in New York...
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Five hours of talks Tuesday brought owners and players no closer to resolving labor disagreements that will lead to a lockout when the collective bargaining agreement ends Sept. 15.
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NEW YORK : The National Hockey League was in the deep freeze, with no indication that the league&#39;s labor woes could be resolved in time to save any of the 2004-05 season.
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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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Seven weeks into their lockout with the National Hockey League, members of the NHL Players Association tried to smooth over their internal differences in Toronto on Tuesday.
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The NHL and the players association appeared headed toward a lockout when talks broke off Thursday after the union&#39;s first new proposal in nearly a year.
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The National Hockey League canceled  its season on Wednesday unable to reach a new collective  bargaining agreement with locked out players, becoming the  first North American professional sports league to lose an  entire schedule due to a labor dispute.
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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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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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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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Representatives for team owners and  locked-out players met under a cloak of secrecy Wednesday, with  no indication if the two sides had come closer to resolving the  labor dispute threatening to wipe out the entire ice hockey  season.