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Article: National Hockey League season on ice after players locked out
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- AP Worldstream
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- September 16, 2004
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RONALD BLUM, AP Sports Writer
AP Worldstream
09-16-2004
Dateline: NEW YORK
No shots, no saves, no goals. The National Hockey League locked out its players, threatening to keep the sport off the ice for the entire 2004-05 season and perhaps beyond in an effort by management to gain massive economic change.
The long-expected decision to lock out players beginning Thursday was approved unanimously Wednesday by NHL owners. Commissioner Gary Bettman has repeatedly belittled the union's bargaining position, talked about the possibility the confrontation could extend into the 2005-06 season and said the conflict has jeopardized the NHL's participation in the 2006 Winter Olympics.
"When we ultimately ...
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