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10 things to know about the upcoming NHL season
The lockout that lasted 119 days has ended, the new collective bargaining agreement is in place and the NHL is finally about to play games again after ...
NHL players to begin voting Thursday
NHL players will have 36 hours from Thursday night until Saturday morning to vote on the new labor deal that would end the four-month lockout.
NHL owners unanimously approve labor deal
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman felt all the anger directed toward him as the lockout dragged on and threatened to wipe out the entire hockey season.
Bruins on ice at BU as they wait for NHL season
Boston Bruins defenseman Dennis Seidenberg drove by the TD Garden on Tuesday morning on his way to Boston University, where a handful of his teammates ...
Drop the puck: NHL, players settle labor dispute
They walked into a Manhattan hotel, knowing they were running out of time to save their season. After 16 hours of tense talks, the NHL and its players ...
Sides in NHL labor rift meet all day with mediator
A federal mediator held over 12 hours of separate talks with the NHL and the players' association Friday before stopping for the night with a promise ...
NHL, players' association meet deep into night
A federal mediator rejoined negotiations between the NHL and the players' association that stretched into the early hours of Thursday morning but ...
NHL, players' union meet for 30 minutes
The proposals are flying back and forth between the NHL and the players' association. Whether significant progress is being made in the process still ...
NHL, union likely to return to table Monday
The NHL and the players' association are ready to get back to the bargaining table. There were no formal negotiations Sunday, but all signs pointed ...
AP source: NHL players closer to dissolving union
NHL players gave the executive board the right to take steps to dissolve the union, and they signed off on it in overwhelming fashion. In a vote this ...
NHL players vote in step toward dissolving union
NHL players are a step closer to dissolving their union. Union members voted this week to give the players' association's executive board the power ...
Hainsey looking for NHL labor talks to resume soon
Winnipeg Jets defenseman Ron Hainsey is getting antsy. Not only is he anxious to get back to the bargaining table with the NHL, he really wants to be ...
Hainsey anxious to get NHL labor talks restarted
Winnipeg Jets defenseman Ron Hainsey is getting antsy. Not only is he anxious to get back to the bargaining table with the NHL, he really wants to be ...
NHL files unfair labor charge against union
The NHL and its locked-out players might turn up in a courtroom before they find their way back onto the ice. In a wild week in which the fighting ...
NHL labor talks wrap up with still no progress
Negotiators from the NHL and the players' association made it into the same room to talk this time. They just didn't carry any meaningful progress out ...
NHL cancels games through Dec. 30
The NHL eliminated 16 more days from the regular-season schedule Monday, and if a deal with the players' association isn't reached soon the whole ...
NHL, union could resume labor talks this week
The NHL and the locked-out players' association are talking again, and a return to the bargaining table could happen soon. After a few days to cool ...
Optimism turns to despair as NHL talks break off
Donald Fehr thought he and the hockey players he leads were close to a deal to save the season. The NHL said not so fast, and then took away ...