Expected N.H.L. Lockout Curbs the Enthusiasm
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Canada will play Finland for the World Cup of Hockey on Tuesday, but the tournament has evoked limited passion among fans.
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HEMPSTEAD, N.Y., Jan. 4 - Some players seem destined to make a statement in big games, and some seem to shy from the moment.
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Marcus Camby is a hockey fan. He wasn&#39;t happy when his hometown Hartford Whalers bolted to North Carolina in 1997. But the Denver Nuggets center realizes the NHL lockout can benefit his team.
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The dark cloud hovering these past two years over the National Hockey League has descended, and we may not see the light of play for quite some time.
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Ottawa, ON (Sports Network) - The negotiations to save the National Hockey League from a work stoppage seemed to take a turn for the worse on Thursday.
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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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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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National Hockey League commissioner Gary Bettman doesn&#39;t appear optimistic that the current player lockout will end soon, according to a televised report.
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Well, yes, there are worse things than a lockout. In the midst of the NHL's self-imposed two-hander over the head (now day No. 66 on what appears the fast track to infinity), a couple of Bruins prospects turned their opportunity to play in Providence into their final days in the Boston organization.
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The day before the regular season was supposed to open, the N.H.L. rebuked a team official for his comments about the league's strategy in its labor lockout.
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For the N.H.L., the Winter Classic is an opportunity to make a good impression on a network television audience in the United States, where the sport has languished behind other major sports.
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On the eve of the scheduled start of the new NHL season, there is still no sign of the owners&#39; lockout of players being resolved.
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The National Hockey League lockout featured a return to stern rhetoric on Friday after two days of futile discussions.
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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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Is the NHL season over because of the league&#39;s rejection of the union offer - and vice versa? But the sands are flowing through big-league hockey&#39;s hourglass.
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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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Consider the phrase "Wait Until Next Year" out of retirement. Those four words now have a new place among the fandom in Boston as the NHL canceled its season yesterday, 154 days into an ownership-imposed lockout.