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	NHL Collective Bargaining Agreement - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The most recent agreement, tentatively reached on July 13, 2005 after a labor dispute which caused the cancellation of the 2004-05 season, was ratified by the NHLPA membership on July 21 and by the league's Board of Governors on July 22.
		On the expiration date of the old agreement, the NHL Board of Governors, representing ownership, met and unanimously decided that the 2004-05 NHL season would be delayed until a new collective bargaining agreement is signed into place.
		By November 2004 it became apparent that the entire 2004-05 season was in jeopardy and supposedly "last-ditch" efforts were undertaken to avoid this, but little, if any, progress was seen during the last few months of 2004.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/NHL_Collective_Bargaining_Agreement (481 words)

	2004-05 NHL season - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 2004-05 NHL season would have been the 88th regular season of the National Hockey League (NHL).
		The season was officially cancelled on February 16, 2005 due to an unresolved lockout that began on September 16, 2004.
		The loss of the 2004-05 season makes the NHL the first North American professional sports league to cancel an entire season because of a labour dispute.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/2004-05_NHL_season (161 words)

	Encyclopedia: 2004-05 NHL season (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The 2004-05 NHL season would have been the 88th regular season of the National Hockey League.
		The NHL collective bargaining agreement is the basic contract between the NHL team owners and the NHL Players Association, designed to be arrived at through the typical labour-managment negotiations of collective bargaining.
		The 2003-04 NHL season was the 87th regular season of the National Hockey League.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/2004_05-NHL-season (515 words)

	National Hockey League article - National Hockey League Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma Amateur Hockey Association Canadian ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In the 1916-17 NHA season, there were six teams that comprised the NHA: the Montreal Canadiens, the Montreal Wanderers, the Ottawa Senators, the Quebec Bulldogs, the Toronto Blueshirts, and an army team from the 228th Battalion, stationed in Toronto.
		The resulting collective bargaining agreement was initially for six seasons and was to be open to re-negotiation in 1998, however, the CBA was eventually extended to last until September 15, 2004.
		On September 15, 2004 Gary Bettman announced a lockout of the uncontracted players' union, and with it confirmed the cessation of hockey operations by the NHL head office.
	www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/National_Hockey_League (2083 words)

	2004-05 NHL season -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The 2004-05 NHL season would have been the 88th (additional info and facts about regular season) regular season of the (additional info and facts about National Hockey League) National Hockey League.
		The season was officially cancelled on February 16, 2005 due to an unresolved (A management action resisting employee's demands; employees are barred from entering the workplace until they agree to terms) lockout that began on September 16, 2004.
		The loss of the 2004-05 season makes the NHL the first (A continent (the third largest) in the western hemisphere connected to South America by the Isthmus of Panama) North American (additional info and facts about professional sports) professional sports league to cancel an entire season because of a labor dispute.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/2/20/2004-05_nhl_season2.htm (283 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Other Sport \| US Sport \| NHL calls time on 2004/05 season (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		NHL commissioner Gary Bettman broke the news after a final deadline for resolution passed on Wednesday.
		A flurry of 11th hour bargaining had offered a ray of hope that the season could be saved but in the end the two sides were unable, or unwilling, to make the concessions needed for compromise.
		In the final 24 hours before the season was cancelled, it was reported that the players had accepted the concept of a salary cap, while the owners had backed down on their demand that payrolls be linked to team revenues.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport2/hi/other_sports/us_sport/4265789.stm (359 words)

	NHL goal is to break players union - The Washington Times: Sports - November 20, 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The season will have succumbed because pride and common sense stood in the way of logical negotiations to end a lockout that didn't have to be — unless that was the intention from the start.
		First, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman has imposed a gag order on his employers, the 30 team owners, and their employees in the front offices and coaching ranks that is truly a masterpiece.
		The NHL that fans knew just last season, bad as it could be at times and infuriatingly inconsistent in most regards, will be fondly referred to as the good old days before greedy, stubborn and selfish individuals on both sides changed the face of a sport forever, and not for the better.
	washingtontimes.com /sports/20041119-114307-4732r.htm (821 words)

	Impasse kills NHL season - 2/17/05 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		After the NHL Players Association this week agreed to the introduction of a salary cap -- an idea the union had until then vehemently fought -- it appeared as if there were enough wiggle room for owners and the union to salvage the 2004-05 season.
		The NHL has pushed to be regarded, and compensated, in the same manner as the three other major sports leagues: the NFL, NBA, and Major League Baseball.
		Saying goodbye to the 2004-05 NHL season was, for many folks, a spiteful moment -- a fan's way of hollering "good riddance" at owners and players who snapped off negotiations on a new contract that might have saved this year's Stanley Cup playoffs.
	www.detnews.com /2005/wings/0502/17/A01-92679.htm (1526 words)

	NHL: Reports persist of more talks, despite curtain call on season (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The season that never lived now refuses to die, with reports of covert conversations between players and owners bent on crafting a collective bargaining agreement that might make some semblance of a regular season possible.
		The NHL does not have the option of dealing directly with the players unless the NHLPA would be decertified.
		When Bettman canceled the season, there was a $6.5 million gap between the salary cap proposals the two sides had exchanged, along with other unresolved issues.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/05049/459574.stm (792 words)

	NHL season all but lost - The Washington Times: Sports - August 05, 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Only a miracle will save the 2004-05 NHL season after a four-hour negotiation session yesterday produced yet another massive divide between owners and players over the sport's economic future.
		NHL owners quickly refused that offer and remain opposed to a luxury tax.
		NHL officials say the league has lost nearly $2 billion since 1995 and that players claim 76 percent of all revenues — figures the players dispute.
	www.washtimes.com /sports/20040804-115921-3732r.htm (704 words)

	CBC Sports Online: Faceoff 2004-05
		Arthur Levitt's full report on the state of NHL finances that was delivered to the league.
		On Feb. 16, 2005, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman made history by cancelling the NHL season and playoffs.
		NHL participation at the 2006 Torino Olympics and 2010 Vancouver Olympics; there will be no all-star games held in Olympic years.
	www.cbc.ca /sports/indepth/cba (735 words)

	USATODAY.com - Black ice: NHL season canceled (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		NEW YORK — Shortly after canceling the 2004-05 NHL season because of the ongoing labor dispute with players, Commissioner Gary Bettman vowed there would be a 2005-06 season.
		NHL Players Association executive director Bob Goodenow blamed the league for the failure to reach a labor agreement to save the season.
		The NHL had locked out its players on Sept. 15, at the expiration of a 10-year collective-bargaining agreement that saw the league's average salary rise from $733,000 to $1.83 million.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/hockey/nhl/2005-02-16-season-cancel_x.htm (1551 words)

	ESPN.com - NHL - Progress? NHL sides quiet as talks continue
		Such was the ebb and flow during a day of secretive meetings between the NHL and players' association as the two sides met for nine hours Thursday in New York, a day after the players' association rejected the league's latest salary-cap proposal.
		Last season's average salary was $1.8 million, and the NHL wants to push that back with a salary cap.
		The NHL has been operating under the same collective bargaining agreement since 1995, when the last lockout went 103 days before a 48-game season was played.
	sports.espn.go.com /nhl/news/story?id=1983362 (780 words)

	2003-04 NHL season - Biocrawler definition:2003-04 NHL season - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The 2003-04 season was one overhung by concern over the expiry of the NHL Collective Bargaining Agreement.
		In August, just before the season was to begin the young Atlanta Thrashers star Dany Heatley crashed his Ferrari in suburban Atlanta, the passenger Thrashers workhorse Dan Snyder was killed.
		The end of the season saw two of the most extensive housecleanings in league history as the Rangers and Capitals traded away most of their stars and entered rebuilding mode.
	www.biocrawler.com /biowiki/2003-04_NHL_season (1031 words)

	ESPN.com - NHL - Lockout over salary cap shuts down NHL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The NHL canceled what was left of its decimated schedule Wednesday after a round of last-gasp negotiations failed to resolve differences over a salary cap -- the flash-point issue that led to a lockout.
		Those who caused the NHL to cancel the season are the ones who seem to be suffering the least.
		The NHL lost the first season of its two-year broadcasting agreement with NBC that was supposed to begin this season, a revenue-sharing deal in which the network is not even paying rights fees.
	sports.espn.go.com /nhl/news/story?id=1992793 (1752 words)

	Articles - Ice hockey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		This so-called instigator rule is highly controversial in NHL hockey: many coaches, sportswriters, players and fans feel it prevents players from effectively policing the objectionable behavior of their peers, which is often cleverly hidden from referees.
		Prior to the 2004-05 NHL season, the National Hockey League decided ties by playing a single five-minute sudden death overtime period, with the added stipulation that each side can play with a maximum of five players on the ice during the overtime.
		On February 16, 2005, the NHL became the first major professional team sport in North America to cancel an entire season because of a labour dispute.
	www.bowling-balls.net /articles/Ice_hockey (2762 words)

	Sporting News, The: Wait 'til next year—for more of the same: the announcement hasn't been made, but the reality ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Flip your calendars ahead to December 2005 because although the official announcement likely won't come until the third week in January, the 2004-05 NHL season is as good as canceled.
		This is the game NHL fans now are forced to watch, and it is uglier and less entertaining than a mid-November matchup between the Panthers and Hurricanes.
		His appearance alone was a coup for the troubled league: Hull was the second NHL player to appear on the show (Wayne Gretzky was the host in 1989).
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1208/is_52_228/ai_n8702708 (977 words)

	CBC Sports: NHL season can be saved: Lemieux
		The Penguins' owner and star forward believes there's a 50-50 chance of the league and the NHL Players' Association hammering out a new collective bargaining agreement before it's too late, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported Saturday.
		This is a small increase on the $34.6-$38.6 million range proposed by the NHL in December.
		The union has said since the start of the lockout they won't accept any form of hard salary cap, but are willing to discuss some sort of luxury tax.
	www.cbc.ca /story/sports/national/2005/01/29/Sports/lemieux050129.html (421 words)

	Penguins cut ticket prices for 2004-05 season (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Penguins today announced a decrease in ticket prices for the 2004-05 NHL season, affecting all seats and ranging from 6 to 45 percent in reductions.
		The NHL's Collective Bargaining Agreement with its players expires Sept. 15, and a work stoppage is likely.
		Sawyer said that fans would be asked to make a down payment of 10 percent on season tickets by June 1 and an additional 50 percent by Sept. 1.
	www.post-gazette.com /breaking/20040316pensp5.asp (273 words)

	NHL deadline set for weekend (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Bettman said should a new agreement be reached this weekend, each team will play a 28-game regular season and the playoff format will remain in tact: 16 teams and four rounds of best-of-seven series.
		The NHL offered to accept the union's latest proposal that included a 24 percent pay cut on all existing contracts and a luxury-tax system.
		NEGOTIATIONS: The NHL told the players association on Wednesday that a deal would have to be reached by this weekend in order for there to be a season.
	www.azcentral.com /sports/coyotes/articles/0210nhl0210.html (407 words)

	NHL closes door on 2004-05 season - PittsburghLIVE.com
		NHL commissioner Gary Bettman meant it when he said the league had made its final offer to the NHLPA on Tuesday night.
		Without any further communication on Wednesday morning, Bettman canceled what little was left of the 2004-05 NHL season in a press conference yesterday afternoon.
		The league first learned that the union might accept a salary cap as long as it wasn't tied to a portion of revenues on Sunday during a session with third-party arbitrators.
	www.pittsburghlive.com /x/tribune-review/sports/penguinslive/s_304591.html (749 words)

	SayOw's Blog: 2004-05 NHL Season Cancelled - Who's To Blame?
		Now the NHLPA is receiving no money this season and unless they come to some agreement prior to next season's start, that amount will remain at nothing.
		According to Bettman's remarks today that all efforts are towards starting the 2005-06 season on schedule, which would lead one to think that replacement players would be used if a CBA is still not reached with the NHLPA.
		The NHL was losing money and fans prior to this and who knows how long it will take to recover.
	sayow.blogspot.com /2005/02/2004-05-nhl-season-cancelled-whos-to.html (546 words)

	National Hockey League - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Livingstone was barely tolerated in the hockey world, and frequently accused of exploiting loopholes in the various league regulations.
		The NHL has had three work stoppages in its history.
		The Stanley Cup Playoffs is an elimination tournament, where two teams battle in a best-of-seven series (named as four wins are needed to advance, and thus at most seven games are needed to determine a series winner) in order to advance to the next round.
	open-encyclopedia.com /National_Hockey_League (2095 words)

	Hopes of last-minute salvaging the 2004/05 NHL season evaporated: no NHL lockout solution found \| Poker news \| Gambling ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Hopes of last-minute salvaging the 2004/05 NHL season evaporated when representatives of the disputing sides ended their low-level New York meeting held at an undisclosed location on January 27 with no deal.
		NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and his counterpart in the negotiations, the players’ union executive director Bob Goodenow, did not take part in the meeting.
		Arguing that they have lost $1.8 billion over the last 10 years and close to $0.5 billion in the last two years, owners have demanded "cost certainty" in any new deal in a bid to gain control of rocketing payrolls.
	www.gamblinggates.com /news/poker/nhl_lockout_labor_dispute59051.html (793 words)

	G4techTV :: Veteran LA Kings Star Luc Robitaille Hosts G4 Sports 'NHL Virtual Hockey Update' Only on G4techTV (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The season began Wednesday, October 13, with the Philadelphia Flyers upsetting the defending Stanley Cup Champion Tampa Bay Lightning.
		A true hockey legend, Hall of Fame bound Robitaille is the NHL's highest all-time goal scoring left-winger with a total of 653 goals in 18 seasons on the ice.
		Formed by the May, 2004 merger of G4 and TechTV, G4techTV is the one and only 24-hour television network that is plugged into every dimension of games, gear, gadgets and gigabytes.
	sev.prnewswire.com /entertainment/20041021/LATH05621102004-1.html (599 words)

	Red Wings Notebook: February 2005 Archives
		It didn't take goaltender Manny Legace long to decide his hockey-playing future after all hope was lost for the 2004-05 NHL season.
		If the NHL and NHLPA were able to get the framework for a deal in place before today's deadline, training camps could theoretically open early next week with a season start date around the beginning of March.
		The NHL sits teetering on the edge of losing an entire season, but negotiations have broke some major ground leading up to the final hours before commissioner Gary Bettman is scheduled to announce the cancellation of the 2004-05 season at a 1PM press conference in New York.
	www.letsgowings.com /blogs/notebook/archives/2005_02.html (1092 words)

	Puckin' Around vol.4-- 2004-05 NHL Season
		While the NHL seems more concerned over where the next All-Star game won’t be played, it’s business as usual in all of the other hockey leagues, and the Canadian Hockey League (CHL), comprised of the Western Hockey League (WHL), Ontario Hockey League (OHL), and Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) is no exception.
		This season, he’s again leading the pack in the ‘Q League, even after having missed a handful of games with a minor knee injury.
		Throughout his illustrious yet short NHL career, he scored 111 goals, assisted on 147 and drew 166 penalty minutes in 588 NHL games with Boston, Ottawa, Montreal, Edmonton, Minnesota and Nashville, where he finished last season after a trade from Minnesota in March.
	www.sportsbyline.com /puckin/puckin_12012004.htm (1835 words)

	Un-official forum of the New Jersey Devils -> 2004-05 NHL season officially cancelled
		That's what many fans are surely thinking as the 2004-05 NHL season was officially cancelled.
		While the NHL is planning on having a 2005-06 season and will pursue more labor talks, Bettman warned the league is going to at a "completely different economic model and it is going to have to have linkage (between revenue and player salary costs)."
		The changes that are in store for the league's 30 teams are not fully clear at this time but fans may see their own teams contracted or relocated, something Bettman wants to avoid at all costs.
	www.njdevs.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=17442 (619 words)

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