NHL Accepts Union Invitation for Talks
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The NHL accepted an invitation from the players' association on Thursday to return to the negotiating table in an effort to end the lockout that began nearly three months ago.
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Members of the NHL Players Association are meeting in Toronto today to discuss the seven-week-old hockey lockout. Some 70 to 80 player reps are expected at the meeting, who will then brief their teammates back home.
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The National Hockey League and its players&#39; association agreed yesterday that talks concerning a new collective agreement must be more frequent in the remaining four weeks.
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The NHL and the players' association will hold their next round of labor talks Wednesday in yet another undisclosed location.
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National Hockey League owners will meet  with representatives from the players union on Thursday in what  is seen as a final bid to end a lockout and save the NHL  season.
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The NHL and the players&#39; association appeared headed toward a lockout when talks broke off yesterday after the union&#39;s first new proposal in nearly a year.
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The NHL Players&#39; Association handed the NHL a strong proposal Thursday it believes can not only salvage the season but more importantly address all of the league&#39;s economic issues.
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The NHL and the players' association appeared headed toward a lockout when talks broke off Thursday after the union's first new proposal in nearly a year.
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The bid to jump-start NHL labor negotiations has done just that, spawning a second round of talks in an effort to save the hockey season.
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The NHL and the players&#39; association will resume talks next week in an effort to end the 78-day lockout and save the season. After nearly three months of silence on and off the ice
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NHL officials have accepted the NHL Players&#39; Association&#39;s invitation to meet next week in Toronto and discuss a new proposal as the hockey owners&#39; lockout nears its third month.
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The NHL and the players' association are talking again. With the season on the brink of being canceled, negotiations resumed late Thursday afternoon in New York and lasted for about five hours before breaking up shortly after 9 p.m. There were no immediate details released.
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Representatives for NHL owners and  locked out players held an informal meeting on Wednesday and  after five hours of talks agreed to reconvene later this week,  offering a glimmer of hope that the season might be saved.
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Representatives of the National Hockey League and its players union met for five hours on Wednesday and will meet again on Thursday in Toronto.
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National Hockey League team owners and  players appear poised to enter long contract negotiations  Thursday in a last-ditch bid to start the season on schedule.
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A look at key points in the NHL's proposal Wednesday to the NHL Players' Association:
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After three months of dormancy, the NHL and the Players Association finally decided to resume talks to work out a new collective bargaining agreement.