taddzilla
09-15-2004, 01:55 PM
Source: Sports Illustrated (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com)
NEW YORK (AP) -- The National Hockey League will lock out its players Thursday, starting a work stoppage that threatens to keep the sport off the ice for the entire 2004-05 season.
The long-expected decision was confirmed by NHL owners Wednesday following a meeting in New York. Management is demanding cost certainty, which players say would be tantamount to salary cap.
Even before the announcement, teams already had given commissioner Gary Bettman authority to cancel the season
Full Story (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2004/hockey/nhl/09/15/bc.hkn.nhllockout.ap/index.html?cnn=yes)
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NEW YORK (AP) -- The National Hockey League will lock out its players Thursday, starting a work stoppage that threatens to keep the sport off the ice for the entire 2004-05 season.
The long-expected decision was confirmed by NHL owners Wednesday following a meeting in New York. Management is demanding cost certainty, which players say would be tantamount to salary cap.
Even before the announcement, teams already had given commissioner Gary Bettman authority to cancel the season
Full Story (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2004/hockey/nhl/09/15/bc.hkn.nhllockout.ap/index.html?cnn=yes)
:mad2: :mad: :mad1: