June 20, 2013

NHL Lockout: Federal mediator works marathon for NHL, union

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Story Highlights Scot L. Beckenbaugh conducts shuttle diplomacy for 12 hours, will resume Saturday Second-year salary cap could present problems for some teams Where the sides stand on other issues NEW YORK (AP) — A federal mediator held over 12 hours of separate talks with the NHL and the players’ association Friday before stopping for [...]

NHL Lockout: NHL labor talks expected to resume Monday

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NEW YORK (AP) – It took nearly three weeks and a new contract offer to get the fighting sides in hockey’s latest labor dispute back to the bargaining table. While nothing concrete was announced Sunday, the players’ association indicated that the plan was for talks with the NHL to restart Monday in the final hours [...]

NHL Lockout: NHL owners make new offer; talks at critical stage

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NEW YORK (AP) — The NHL’s latest offer to the players’ association was enough for the sides to make plans to meet this weekend. Deputy commissioner Bill Daly said Friday the league presented its proposal Thursday. The sides haven’t met in person since a second round of talks with a federal mediator broke down Dec. [...]

NHL Lockout: NHL cancels all games through Jan. 14

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NEW YORK (AP) — The NHL could be one step away from canceling another hockey season because of a labor fight with the players. In the latest round of cancellations, the NHL on Thursday wiped out all games through Jan. 14. More than 50 percent of the schedule has been lost, and the rest is [...]

NHL Lockout: NHL rejects players’ latest offer

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NEW YORK (AP) — Instead of closing in on a deal, 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 [...]

NHL Lockout: NHL CBA talks to keep going

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NEW YORK (AP) — This time, NHL owners and players are staying apart for just one day. Negotiations aimed at ended the league’s lockout will resume Wednesday morning at the NHL office, the players’ association said in a statement Tuesday. Before Monday night’s 90-minute bargaining session, it had been eight days since the sides got [...]

NHL Lockout: NHL labor talks set to resume Monday

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NEW YORK (AP) — So much for a two-week break. Just over a week since the last set of failed negotiations, the NHL and the locked-out players’ association will return to the bargaining table Monday. Conversations that restarted Friday between NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly and NHLPA special counsel Steve Fehr produced enough positive movement [...]

NHL Lockout: Confusion reigns after brief NHL talks on Friday

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(PhatzRadio / USA Today) — More confusion than progress was reported in the NHL labor battle Friday as no one seems quite sure what will happen next in 55-day-old lockout. The fourth consecutive day of negotiating seemed to have a negative tone all day long, with word emerging late in the day that no progress [...]

NHL Lockout: NHL CBA talks to resume Tuesday

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NEW YORK (AP) — 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 Saturday, the sides agreed Monday to resume talks on Tuesday in New York. Both sides said the discussions over the weekend were good, creating some optimism that [...]

NHL Lockout: NHL cancels Winter Classic

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ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The National Hockey League has canceled the Winter Classic scheduled for Jan. 1 at Michigan Stadium between Detroit and Toronto, the latest casualty in the lockout. The league said Friday that it would schedule the next Winter Classic at the Big House, which holds more than 100,000 people and had [...]