South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Sept. 14, 2004
By Sarah Talalay and Michael Russo While players battled on the ice at the World Cup of Hockey championship in Toronto on Tuesday night, NHL owners and executives prepared for a meeting in New York on Wednesday in which they are expected to shut down their sport indefinitely.
The collective bargaining agreement that has covered the league's 700 players for the past decade expires at midnight. The last negotiating session between the NHL and its Players Association ended badly last Thursday, when NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman told the union the two sides weren't ``even speaking the same language.'
What a shame, we knew it was coming, but it's sad to watch any sport end up like this.
Sept. 14, 2004
By Sarah Talalay and Michael Russo While players battled on the ice at the World Cup of Hockey championship in Toronto on Tuesday night, NHL owners and executives prepared for a meeting in New York on Wednesday in which they are expected to shut down their sport indefinitely.
The collective bargaining agreement that has covered the league's 700 players for the past decade expires at midnight. The last negotiating session between the NHL and its Players Association ended badly last Thursday, when NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman told the union the two sides weren't ``even speaking the same language.'
What a shame, we knew it was coming, but it's sad to watch any sport end up like this.
