"NEW YORK -- The National Hockey League announced today the cancellation of the 2012-13 regular-season schedule through January 14. The cancellations are necessary due to the absence of a new Collective Bargaining Agreement between the NHL Players' Association and the NHL. A total of 625 regular-season games—50.8 percent of the season—were scheduled for October 11 through January 14." NHL.com"I believe with this latest announcement there will be little to no chance that we will be seeing NHL hockey this year. The NHL Winter Classic and All-Star weekend have already fell victim to the NHL lockout. These are the two biggest moneymaking festivities for the league, so there is no real reason for Gary Bettman's troops to rush back to the negotiating table. Sources have suggested that NHL Players Association is still interested in striking a deal. However, the two sides have not met since December 13 when federal mediators failed again to end the lockout. “We ha...
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