Hockey Fans Are Silent, and Union Is Listening
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On Thursday, union boss Bob Goodenow stirred up the suffocating dead air by unveiling a shocking offer to end the N.H.L. lockout.
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For hockey-mad Canadians, tickets to an NHL game are the ultimate Christmas gift. This year, though, they are worthless after NHL owners locked out players in a labor dispute
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The essential question facing NHL owners and locked-out players is: Who cares?
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No progress doesn't mean no hockey -- at least not yet. NHL labor talks ended yesterday after a four-hour meeting, without a resolution or a historic announcement that the season has been lost.
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TORONTO -- Forget it, there isn&#39;t going to be an NHL season. Not a chance. The biggest question going into yesterday&#39;s NHL Players&#39; Association meeting was whether the union would call the NHL to restart negotiations
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With less than a month remaining before the current collective bargaining agreement expires, representatives for the NHL and the Players&#39; Association met for nearly 4 1/2 hours yesterday without making any progress on a new CBA.
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RALEIGH, North Carolina  - There will be no  National Hockey League season unless a deal to resolve a labor  dispute with the players' union is in the offing by this  weekend, Commissioner Gary Bettman said Wednesday.
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First, the talking stopped. Now, the games have, too. Hockey has run out of time and tournaments. All that's left is a lockout.
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Against a background chorus of inflammatory rhetoric and name-calling, the National Hockey League closed its doors to its players Wednesday -- setting in motion a labor stoppage that will
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TORONTO -- There has been precious little to celebrate in the professional hockey world, given the labor strife between National Hockey League owners and players that has resulted in a lockout that threatens the entire 2004-05 season.
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A confidential eight-page memo sent from the NHL to its 30 member clubs indicates the league and its players&#39; union remain far apart with negotiations scheduled to resume today.
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TORONTO - The NHL Players&#39; Association tried yesterday to shake off dissenting remarks cast by several rank-and-file members in recent weeks as union head Bob Goodenow assured observers there are &quot;absolutely no cracks or divisiveness&quot; among locked out NHL
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Of all the great things about being a hockey fan, reading stories about NHL management-labor strife is not one of them. But, rest assured, there is worse. To wit: reporting and writing stories about NHL management-labor strife (you can send notes of sympathy to the e-mail posted at the bottom of this report).
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Locked-out NHL players reaffirmed their solidarity by shoring up cracks in the membership during a four-hour meeting with union leaders Tuesday.
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The lockout of ice hockey players by the  National Hockey League is sending a chill through U.S. arena  operators who rely on professional hockey as a vital audience  puller.
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The prospect of a winter without hockey  continues to send shockwaves across Canada but the labor  dispute between NHL owners and players has caused barely a  ripple in the U.S.
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Don&#39;t mention the NHL&#39;s collective bargaining agreement in the Team Canada dressing room. The 26 players are polite when asked about the subject, but they&#39;re not going to get into any heavy discussions regarding