Europe welcomes locked out NHL players
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With an NHL lockout in place, more than 150 players have signed to play in European leagues, including Markus Naslund with Modo (Sweden), Jaromir Jagr with Kladmo (Czech Republic) and Ilya Kovalchuk with AK Bars Kazan (Russia).
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The NHL owners have shut down the league by opting to lock out its players. This stoppage is not the result of the players striking.
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NEW YORK - The NHL will lock out its players Thursday, starting a work stoppage that threatens to keep the sport off the ice for the entire 2004-05 season.    The long-expected decision was confirmed by NHL owners Wednesday following a meeting in New York...
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STOCKHOLM (Sports Network) - In the wake of the NHL  lockout, three more players from the league have opted to play  overseas.
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The National Hockey League is locking out its players starting Thursday, threatening to keep the sport off the ice for the entire 2004-05 season and perhaps beyond in an effort by management to gain massive change in the sport's economic structure.
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NEW YORK -- The NHL will play regular-season games for the first time in Europe with the Anaheim Ducks and Los Angeles Kings opening the 2007-2008 season by playing two games in London.
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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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The NHL players' association is taking its case public.
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PHILADELPHIA (Sports Network) - In the realm of the  National Hockey League lockout there was a meeting held last  week, as well as a meeting scheduled.
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The essential question facing NHL owners and locked-out players is: Who cares?
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Representatives for National Hockey  League owners and locked-out players will resume talks in a bid  to save the rest of the season, a players' union official has  said.
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NEW YORK - The National Hockey League will lock out its players Thursday, threatening to keep the sport off the ice for the entire 2004-05 season. The long-expected decision was approved unanimously Wednesday by NHL owners, who are demanding cost certainty, which players say would be tantamount to a salary cap...
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National Hockey League teams appeared  united in their determination to solve the league's economic  problems as the NHL's lockout of players became official on  Thursday.
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NHL commissioner Gary Bettman has come in for fierce criticism following a meeting of locked-out players. The NHL Players Assocation leaders briefed 74 players on Tuesday about the team owners&#39; lockout which
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The IOC and hockey's ruling body are leaving the door open for NHL players at the 2006 Turin Olympics.
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NEW YORK - The National Hockey League locked out its players Thursday, threatening to keep the sport off the ice for the entire 2004-05 season and perhaps beyond in an effort by management to gain massive economic change.    After the long-expected decision was approved unanimously Wednesday by NHL owners, commissioner Gary Bettman repeatedly belittled the union's bargaining position, talked about the possibility the confrontation could extend into the 2005-06 season and said the conflict has jeopardized the NHL's participation in the 2006 Winter Olympics...
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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.