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Sundin, Sakic, Oates and Bure enter hockey Hall
There is something missing from Joe Sakic's new plaque at the Hockey Hall of Fame — and it's not because the printer made a mistake. Among the list ...
No progress made in new round of NHL labor talks
As quickly as NHL labor negotiations got going again, they came to a screeching halt. Now there is no telling when the league and the players will ...
NHL, union meet for small, informal lunch
NHL labor talks took a break Saturday — an old-fashioned lunch break. Instead of returning to the negotiating table for a fifth straight day, ...
NHL, union to meet Friday for 4th straight day
The best that can be said about the ongoing NHL labor negotiations is that they are still going, and will continue for at least a fourth straight day.
NHL, union back at bargaining table for new talks
Negotiations between the NHL and the locked-out players' association lasted deep into Tuesday night, and went well enough that the sides agreed to ...
NHL, union to return to bargaining table Tuesday
The NHL and the players' association stuck to their word and made quick plans to get back to the bargaining table. After all-day negotiations ...
NHL and union make progress, will meet again soon
A secret, long-awaited bargaining session has done some good in the NHL labor fight — so much so that the sides already have plans to get back to the ...
NHL cancels Winter Classic at Big House
The NHL has put one of its signature events on ice. The Winter Classic, scheduled between Detroit and Toronto for Jan. 1 at Michigan Stadium, became ...
NHL on ice: All games canceled through November
It will be December before the NHL returns to the ice, and that is a best-case scenario. With no deal in place, and no plans to resume negotiations ...
Bettman says full NHL season unrealistic
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman still hasn't heard what he wants from the players' association, so he won't return to the bargaining table and he won't ...
NHL's Islanders moving to Brooklyn in 2015
Mike Bossy's fondest memories of the New York Islanders will always have Nassau Coliseum as the cherished backdrop, no matter where the team calls ...
Brooklyn ice: NHL's Islanders to Barclays in 2015
The New York Islanders finally have a new home and it's in Brooklyn, the borough that is suddenly a hot bed of pro sports 54 years after baseball's ...
NHL rejects union bid to return to negotiations
Forget about a deal to save a full hockey season: the NHL and the players' association can't even agree to get together to talk. The union wants ...
NHL rejects players' attempt to restart talks
The little hope that existed for a full NHL season appears to be gone. Shortly after the players' reached out to the league on Tuesday night to ...
NHL, union still talking but not negotiating
While the NHL and the players' association are keeping the lines of communication open, they don't seem to be moving any closer to getting back to the ...
On Ice: NHL wipes out 53 more games through Nov. 1
The NHL's next cuts will be the deepest and most costly. With only days remaining to make a deal with the players' association on a new collective ...
On thin ice: Optimism lost in NHL labor talks
The NHL and the players' association agree on one thing: Thursday was a bad day at the negotiating table. Any optimism that existed following the ...
NHL's Bettman disappointed with union's proposals
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman received three counterproposals from the players' association on Thursday and left the negotiating table "thoroughly ...
NHL players on hand for union's response to league
NHL players showed up in force on Thursday as the union prepared to respond to the league's proposal to end the lockout and start a full season Nov. 2
Union views NHL plan as small step forward
NHL labor negotiations will resume Thursday after the players' union reviewed management's proposal and saw it as only a small step forward to ending ...