Hockey-Mad Canadians Face Disappointing Christmas
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For hockey-mad Canadians, tickets to an  NHL game are the ultimate Christmas gift.
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America's ice hockey league cancels the season over player pay - a first in American sports history.
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TORONTO - Now, for the first time, there is some hope that the NHL season will not be cancelled. Now, for the first time, there is bound to be significant internal pressure
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National Hockey League commissioner Gary Bettman, painting a bleak picture of the league&#39;s economic state, yesterday locked out players
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A bizarre apology from the beleaguered toymaker makes it seem desperate heading into the holiday season.
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LOS ANGELES  - Those darn aliens and predators upset the box office hierarchy established during the weekend before Christmas.
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If fans can get past the strong possibility that the 2004 World Cup of Hockey will be the last meaningful games involving National Hockey League players for months, Canadian assistant
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With their products cast aside by children in favour of video games or television, the makers of traditional toys are facing a miserable Christmas.
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A hockey fan disgruntled by the NHL lockout is taking his frustration to the streets.
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This could be the year that gridlock steals Christmas.
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Few hockey purists will bemoan Wednesday&#39;s announcement that the National Hockey League has cancelled the 2005 All-Star Game in Atlanta.
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National Hockey League commissioner Gary Bettman, painting a bleak picture of the league's economic state, yesterday locked out players from training camps, which were to open this week, and cast doubt on the prospects for a 2004-05 season because of severe differences with the league's Players' Association.
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For a team that has had no tense moments on the ice through its first four games, Team Canada received its first big scare of the World Cup of Hockey yesterday.
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Moviegoers seeking a bit of seasonal entertainment are being offered blood and terror alongside Santa and his reindeer -- much to the horror of U.S. religious groups.
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Wayne Gretzky is an ice hockey god to  millions of Canadians but even the "Great One" is unable to  offer a solution to the labor dispute now threatening to wipe  out the entire NHL season.
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Labor disputes between rich athletes and even wealthier owners are always sickening. In this NHL cold war, both sides will be bruised a little.
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Although players from Canada's World  Cup winning squad had little to say about an impending NHL  lockout Tuesday, one U.S.-born star lashed out at both sides  for being too greedy.