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NHL meets with IIHF again on Olympic issue

Last updated Friday, February 15, 2013 - 3:31pm

NEW YORK — Two days of talks between the NHL and international hockey officials wrapped up Friday with signs that the league will wind up sending its players to the 2014 Sochi Games.

NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman and International Ice Hockey Federation President Rene Fasel met for about 2½ hours after a 90-minute get-together Thursday night. No new talks were scheduled, but the sides are expected to meet again.

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NHL commissioner Gary Bettman speaks during a news conference, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013, in New York. NHL owners ratified the tentative labor deal on Wednesday. All that now remains is player approval to finally start the hockey season. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

NHL owners approve new labor deal; players to vote

Ira Podell The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, January 9, 2013 - 5:55pm

NEW YORK — NHL owners have ratified the tentative labor deal. All that now remains is player approval to finally start the hockey season.

The league’s board of governors met Wednesday in a Manhattan hotel and voted on the agreement that was reached early Sunday on the 113th day of the NHL lockout.

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NHL, union dig in for a long day of talks

Ira Podell The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, January 1, 2013 - 4:00pm

NEW YORK — The NHL and the union are back at the bargaining table and seem determined to work toward a deal to save the hockey season.

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NHL, union spend day on conference calls

Ira Podell The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, December 29, 2012 - 6:31pm

NEW YORK — Lots of questions, but still no answers in the NHL labor fight.

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NHL makes new offer; lockout enters critical stage

Ira Podell The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, December 28, 2012 - 2:51pm

NEW YORK — The NHL made a new offer to the players’ association, hoping to spark talks toward ending the long lockout and saving the hockey season.

Deputy commissioner Bill Daly said Friday the league presented its proposal Thursday and was waiting for a response. The sides haven’t met in person since a second round of talks with a federal mediator broke down Dec. 13.

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NHL rejects players’ offer to break labor impasse

Ira Podell The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, December 6, 2012 - 9:36pm

NEW YORK — The NHL and the players’ association are further apart than ever before.

Union executive director Donald Fehr began the first of his two news conferences Thursday night by proclaiming he believed the sides had agreements on such issues as actual dollars, and then returned moments later to reveal the NHL rejected everything his side offered.

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NHL lockout threatens entire hockey season

Ira Podell The Associated Press

Last updated Sunday, November 25, 2012 - 12:22am

The National Hockey League season was supposed to be in full swing by now.

Instead, like the NFL in 2011 and the NBA last season, the NHL is mired in a labor dispute, with the owners locking out the players and — so far — wiping out more than two months of the season.

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NHL and union hold talks, will meet again soon

Ira Podell The Associated Press

Last updated Sunday, November 4, 2012 - 9:35pm

NEW YORK — 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 bargaining table soon.

NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly and players’ association special counsel Steve Fehr met for long stretches Saturday in an undisclosed location, marking the first time the sides had gotten together for talks in more than two weeks.

“We had a series of meetings over the course of the day and had a good, frank discussion on the most important issues separating us,” Daly said in an email Sunday morning. “We plan to meet again early in the week.”

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(Jae C. Hong/The Associated Press)
In this June 11, 2012, file photo, New Jersey Devils goalie Martin Brodeur skates towards center ice during a timeout in the second period against the Los Angeles Kings during Game 6 of NHL hockey's Stanley Cup finals in Los Angeles. The NHL announced Friday, Oct. 26, 2012, that it has canceled all its games through the end of November because of the labor dispute between owners and players.

NHL cancels games through November

Ira Podell The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, October 26, 2012 - 4:32pm

NEW YORK — The NHL lockout has forced the cancellation of all games through the end of November.

The NHL announced Friday that 326 regular-season games from Oct. 11 through Nov. 30 were lost — more than 26.5 percent of the schedule. The news came one day after a league-imposed deadline passed for a deal with the players’ association that would allow for a full season.

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NHL players get family time, visit youth practices

Ira Podell The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, October 20, 2012 - 2:44pm

NEW YORK — Daniel Alfredsson isn’t merely counting the days of the NHL lockout, he knows his time as a professional hockey player is limited, too.

The longtime captain of the Ottawa Senators isn’t lacking for things to do, though, while he waits for the NHL and the players’ association to work out their differences and get the already-delayed season under way.

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NHL on ice: Lockout all but set with no bargaining

Ira Podell The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, September 15, 2012 - 4:03pm

NEW YORK — The NHL said there will be no bargaining with the players’ union Saturday, leaving nothing to stop a lockout.

This will be the league’s fourth work stoppage since 1992, and this latest action adds to a landscape of labor unrest across American professional sports. The lockout will be the third to hit a major sports league in 18 months, following ones in the NFL and the NBA.

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Crosby: ’Not looking great’ season starts on time

Ira Podell, Rachel Cohen The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, September 13, 2012 - 9:51pm

NEW YORK — NHL players braced for the league’s fourth work stoppage to begin this weekend, and Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby says "it’s not looking great" for the season to start on time Oct. 11.

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Brad Richards heads slim NHL free-agent class

Ira Podell, The Associated Press The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, June 30, 2011 - 6:03pm

NEW YORK -- How's this for a change of pace? While the NFL and NBA are embroiled in labor disputes that threaten their upcoming seasons, NHL clubs are gearing up to spend more money on salaries than they have since a lockout canceled a full campaign six years ago.

Harmony exists in hockey -- at least for one more season -- and the 30 teams will be living with a salary cap that is at its highest level since it was created. They can start shopping Friday when the free-agent season kicks off.

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NHL GMs to discuss why concussions are on the rise

Ira Podell, The Associated Press

Last updated Sunday, March 13, 2011 - 4:35pm

NEW YORK -- Blindside hits to the head are down in the NHL, yet concussions are up. Now general managers have to decide if more rules are needed to make pro hockey safer.

The debate will rage on next week when the 30 GMs convene in Florida to discuss what's become a steadily growing problem, not just in hockey but throughout sports. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman says Rule 48, which makes those blindside hits illegal, is working, but many are questioning whether it goes far enough.

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