Players, Owners Reject Plans to End NHL Lockout
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Hopes of saving the National Hockey League season all but vanished Tuesday when players and team owners rejected proposals to end the labor dispute.
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The NHL intends to reject the Players&#39; Association&#39;s latest proposal and counter with one &quot;consistent with our mandate,&quot; NHL executive vice president Bill Daly wrote in a Dec. 12 memorandum to all 30 member clubs.
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The National Hockey League rejected an offer from the players in the latest round of labor negotiations Thursday, leaving little hope of avoiding a lockout start to the season next month.
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The NHL and the Players Association did not deliver an early Christmas present to fans across North America. The NHL Players Association and the league both rejected counter-proposals during a three-hour meeting in Toronto on Tuesday.
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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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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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The NHL season is finally cancelled after players and owners fail to reach a last-ditch agreement.
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After almost three months without any movement, the NHL Players&#39; Association announced Thursday it has prepared a new proposal to end the NHL lockout, which stretches into its 79th day today.
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The NHL's latest salary-cap proposal to end the seasonlong lockout was rejected yesterday by the players' union, which came back with its own idea: Bring commissioner Gary Bettman to the bargaining table.
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----- TORONTO (Ticker) - The start of the 2004-05 NHL season was put in extreme jeopardy Thursday when the league rejected a proposal for a new collective bargaining agreement from the Players Association.
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NEW YORK (CP) - It took less than an hour for the NHL to reject an NHL Players' Association counter-proposal to end the lockout Tuesday night.
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The lockout of NHL players by the league&#39;s owners moved into its eighth day today, with the stalemate expected to last for months.
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After the players and league failed to come to an agreement, the National Hockey League said Wednesday that it would lock out its players.
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Hopes of salvaging the NHL season  appeared to vanish when representatives for team owners and  locked-out players ended Thursday's meeting without an  agreement, and with no plans for further talks.
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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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NEW YORK - It's been a week without progress in the NHL lockout. So far, there have been no overtures from the league or the players to resume talks to save a season that is already starting to slip away...
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The message board in Canada&#39;s dressing room spoke volumes: Practice canceled tomorrow. No one else to beat. The next fight for these stars is with NHL owners, who are set to lock them out Wednesday night.