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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 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. The season was officially cancelled on February 16, 2005 due to an unresolved lockout that began on September 16, 2004. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/2004-05_NHL_season   (188 words)

2004-05 NHL lockout - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The 2004-05 NHL lockout resulted in the cancellation of what would have been the 88th season of the National Hockey League (NHL). In addition, many younger players who could be impact players on their NHL rosters stayed down in the American Hockey League for a full season, changing the aspect of that league's entire season. NHL players looking for a place to play clearly preferred stable, established European clubs to upstart leagues that have since been derisively dubbed as "fly-by-night" operations by their critics. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/National_Hockey_League_labor_dispute_(2004-05)   (2649 words)

BBC SPORT Other Sport US Sport NHL calls time on 2004/05 season The NHL season has been cancelled after players and owners failed to agree on a new collective bargaining deal. 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. NHL commissioner Gary Bettman broke the news after a final deadline for resolution passed on Wednesday. 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 This is Day 66 of the lockout that is erasing the 2004-05 NHL season, 38 days into a schedule that isn't being played. 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. 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. www.washtimes.com /sports/20041119-114307-4732r.htm   (821 words)

TSN : nhl - Canada's Sports Leader The NHL is planning for the 2005-06 season, and will pursue more labour talks but Bettman warned the league is going to have to look at a "completely different economic model and it is going to have to have linkage (between revenue and player salary costs)." The loss of the NHL season also means that fans may have lost the chance to Gretzky behind the bench in Phoenix. Bettman locked out NHL players at the start of the 1994-95 season, when the league's average salary was $572,000. www.tsn.ca /nhl/news_story.asp?ID=115107&hubName=nhl   (6537 words)

Penguins cut ticket prices for 2004-05 season 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. 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. The NHL's Collective Bargaining Agreement with its players expires Sept. 15, and a work stoppage is likely. www.post-gazette.com /breaking/20040316pensp5.asp   (273 words)

NHL closes door on 2004-05 season - PittsburghLIVE.com 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. NHL commissioner Gary Bettman meant it when he said the league had made its final offer to the NHLPA on Tuesday night. On Monday, "in an effort to save the season," Bettman said, the league proposed a salary cap with no linkage to revenue of $40 million. www.pittsburghlive.com /x/tribune-review/sports/s_304591.html   (765 words)

ESPN.com - NHL - Progress? NHL sides quiet as talks continue 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. Last season's average salary was $1.8 million, and the NHL wants to push that back with a salary cap. If the season is canceled, the NHL would be the first North American sports league to lose an entire season to a labor dispute. sports.espn.go.com /nhl/news/story?id=1983362   (743 words)

NHL deadline set for weekend 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. "If we're not drafting a (collective bargaining agreement) document by this weekend, I don't see how we can have a season," Bettman said via conference call Wednesday, a few hours after the NHL Players Association rejected the league's "final effort" to strike a deal at a secret meeting in Toronto. 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. www.azcentral.com /sports/coyotes/articles/0210nhl0210.html   (400 words)

Puckin' Around vol.6-- 2004-05 NHL Season Well, now I can carry on with my EA Sports NHL 2004 simulation of the NHL 2005 season that wasn’t. The question asked was “Do you think the NHL is dead as a major North American sport?” Not surprisingly, 77% of respondents answered yes. Not only does the NHL need to get its labor impasse solved, if you can even call it that at this stage, it needs to fix the game. www.sportsbyline.com /puckin/puckin_02172005.htm   (1015 words)

Articles - Ice hockey 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. A new NHL rule added in the 2005-2006 season prevents a team from changing their line after they ice the puck. Up until the 1999-00 season regular season NHL games were settled with a single 5 minute sudden death period with 5 players (plus a goalie) per side, with the winner awarded 2 points in the standings and the loser 0 points, in the event of a tie each team was awarded 1 point. www.healwater.com /articles/Ice_hockey   (4110 words)

Boston.com / News / Boston Globe / Living / Arts / Despite NHL lockout, network has season covered -- digitally ''The morning that the NHL announced the lockout, we were sitting in a meeting and [G4 founder and CEO] Charles Hirschhorn brought up the idea of simulating the season," said Peter Green, the network's senior vice president of programming. The NHL 2005 software, like most sports games, has a setting that lets the machine have all the fun. Playing hundreds of NHL games isn't too difficult if your arena is located inside a microchip. www.boston.com /news/globe/living/articles/2005/01/29/despite_nhl_lockout_network_has_season_covered____digitally   (511 words)

CBC Sports Online: Faceoff 2004-05: Lockout chronology 16: Bettman cancels the 2004-05 NHL season at a news conference in New York. Bettman announces the entire 2004-05 season will be cancelled if a deal isn't on paper by the weekend. March 1: League says the 2005-06 season will go ahead as scheduled and hints at using replacement players after a board of governors meeting. www.cbc.ca /sports/indepth/cba/features/chronology.html   (990 words)

NHL looks for next step On the day after the cancellation of the 2004-05 NHL season, people on both sides of the labor dispute looked ahead to the prospects for next season, which could be conducted under a different set of conditions to replace the expired collective bargaining agreement. Twenty-four hours after the day NHL fans hoped would never come, there remained significant hand-wringing and faint hopes that the season could yet be saved. Commissioner Gary Bettman promised Wednesday there would be a next season, and he did not rule out the option of starting it by declaring an impasse in collective bargaining and putting new terms of employment in effect. www.azcentral.com /sports/coyotes/articles/0218nhl0218.html   (633 words)

Puckin' Around vol.7-- 2004-05 NHL Season The NHL is ready to bring the game to fans in ways they never have before, they plan to make the game more fun with all the rule changes in place, and they want to make the game more interactive than ever before, making it more broadcast friendly. From the 2008-09 season and beyond, a player either has be 27 with four full seasons, or any player has to have played for seven full seasons. The NHL is moving towards a schedule which will be more rivalry oriented yet still allow inter-conference play between the east and west. www.sportsbyline.com /puckin/puckin_07252005.htm   (3697 words)

CBC Sports Online: Faceoff 2004-05 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. Arthur Levitt's full report on the state of NHL finances that was delivered to the league. www.cbc.ca /sports/indepth/cba   (735 words)

BetWWTS.com :: BetWWTS.com Announces Odds on 2005-06 NHL Season JOHN'S, Antigua, Feb. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- With Commissioner Gary Bettman announcing the cancellation of the 2004-05 NHL season earlier today, questions now arise whether the league and player's union will reach an agreement to save next season. Whether the NHL and player's association come to an agreement or not, BetWWTS.com lists the odds of there being no hockey season again next year as a 4/1 long shot realizing that the owners will at least bring in replacement players to salvage their league. Although it is likely that negotiations will result in only a shortened season in 2005-06, there is still a chance that both sides will come to an agreement in time to hold a full season, which is listed at 3/2 odds to occur. sev.prnewswire.com /advertising/20050216/MXW00216022005-1.html   (575 words)

G4techTV :: Veteran LA Kings Star Luc Robitaille Hosts G4 Sports 'NHL Virtual Hockey Update' Only on G4techTV To keep the enthusiasm of hockey fans alive, G4techTV is using EA's NHL 2005 on Xbox to simulate all 1,230 regular season games. 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. The season began Wednesday, October 13, with the Philadelphia Flyers upsetting the defending Stanley Cup Champion Tampa Bay Lightning. sev.prnewswire.com /entertainment/20041021/LATH05621102004-1.html   (599 words)

On Ice: NHL Cancels 2004-05 Season Now the NHL, already low on the popularity scale in the United States, becomes the first major pro sports league in North America to lose an entire season to a labor dispute. NEW YORK (AP) _ The NHL canceled what little was left of the season Wednesday after a series of last-minute offers were rejected on the final day of negotiations. A lockout over a salary cap shut down the game before it ever got a chance to start in October. www.webprowire.com /summaries/977096.html   (232 words)

NHL Season: 1918-19 - NHL 1910s Quiz Unfortunately, the 2004-05 NHL season was officially declared cancelled and would be only the second time with no Stanley Cup winner. The 1918-19 season was the first NHL season without a cup winner. * Was the National Hockey League in its first official regular season during the 1918-19 season? www.funtrivia.com /quizdetails.cfm?quiz=206440   (84 words)

News-Record.com Staff Blogs: SportsExtra: February 2005 Gary Bettman announced today there will be no 2004-05 NHL season, making the NHL the first major North American pro sports league to cancel an entire season. If they scrap the season, the NHL will only be viable in Canada from here on out. I was in Hartford over the weekend covering the UNC-UConn basketball game and have to admit I got a bit nostalgic for NHL hockey when I spied a few Whalers banners hanging from the Civic Center rafters and a framed picture of then-Whaler Ron Francis facing off against Mario Lemieux in the press workroom. blog.news-record.com /staff/sportsextra/archives/2005/02/index.html   (7166 words)

NHL 2004-05 season cancelled - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM NEW YORK (AFP) - The National Hockey League (NHL) 2004-05 season has been cancelled after owners and players failed to reach a labor agreement, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said yesterday. The NHL becomes the first US sports league to lose an entire season to a labour dispute. "It is my sad duty to announce it is no longer practical to conduct even an abbreviated season," Bettman said. www.jamaicaobserver.com /sports/html/20050216T200000-0500_75239_OBS_NHL_________SEASON_CANCELLED_.asp   (406 words)

BostonHerald.com - Boston Bruins: NHL, union deadlocked: Owners, players reject latest labor proposals ORONTO - It may be several more weeks before the 2004-05 NHL season officially dies. Confirming a decision that was leaked to the media Monday, the NHL rejected... But barring an utter collapse in the resolve of locked-out players, any real hope the league will play this season disappeared yesterday. bruins.bostonherald.com /bruins/view.bg?articleid=58928   (222 words)

NHL Cancels 2004-05 Season Labor strife over a salary cap led the National Hockey League to call off the entire 2004-2005 season Wednesday. The NHL had locked out its players in September in an effort to reach a new collective bargaining agreement. The result, the first cancelled season in major professional sports in this country. www.rnews.com /print.cfm?id=24676   (75 words)

2004-05 NHL season @ HockeyLiving.com NHL to probe alleged betting ring (BBC News) Until then, they are badges of honor for Jeff Dagher, the goalie for the MTSU hockey team who has spent the better part of the last week living out a dream. New Jersey investigators and National Hockey League chiefs are to quiz Rick Tocchet, the Phoenix Coyotes assistant coach, over alleged betting links. www.hockeyliving.com /info/2004-05_NHL_season   (103 words)

Find 2004 Nhl Playoff Bracket Information NHL team logos ©2002 - 2004 National Hockey League and are used... CP) - Holding weekend NHL playoff games in the afternoon has been... Summaries from Wednesday's NHL playoff games: Rookie Marek Svatos... www.abovethefold.net /nhl/1/2004-nhl-playoff-bracket.html   (223 words)

Lemieux tries to move NHL season off thin ice - PittsburghLIVE.com Mario Lemieux says he believes the chances of settling the NHL lockout and salvaging part of the 2004-05 NHL season are "50-50." There is no drop-dead date for canceling the season, although with February fast approaching, the time for completing a new agreement is dwindling rapidly. All four meetings were conducted without the presence of NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman or NHLPA Executive Director Bob Goodenow. www.pittsburghlive.com /x/tribune-review/trib/regional/s_298130.html   (632 words)

Hall Encyclopedia.com 2004 U.S. presidential election recounts and legal challenges Encyclopedia Britannica: With 2004 Book of the Year (Britannica Books) www.hallencyclopedia.com /index.php?page=2   (93 words)

Game Over - Bettman Cancels 2004/05 NHL Season It has just been announced by NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman that a deal between the National Hockey League and its Players Association cannot be reached and that the 2004/05 NHL hockey season has been cancelled. Game Over - Bettman Cancels 2004/05 NHL Season Since Monday the two sides had been sequestered behind closed doors wheeling and dealing with last-ditch efforts to salvage what was left of the season. www.halifaxlive.com /artman/publish/printer_hockey_021605_99.shtml   (134 words)

NHL 2004-05 Off-Season - NHL Drafts and Trades Quiz NHL 2004-05 Off-Season - NHL Drafts and Trades Quiz This quiz is on all transactions occurring the months following the end of the NHL lockout. Which one of these players became a restricted free agent on August 1st? www.funtrivia.com /quizdetails.cfm?quiz=216445   (118 words)

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