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Can mediation work this time around? It certainly didn't in early February 2005 when the NHL and NHL Players' Association sat down with mediators in an experiment that went absolutely nowhere, as the season was canceled a few days later. Of cou...

The NHL's stalled labor impasse has gone a new route, the league and NHL Players' Association agreeing to meet with a mediator.

The gang is back and in a combative mood, despite the summer vacations. They kick off another season by taking on the CBA negotiations. Here we go again. SCOTT BURNSIDE: Greetings and welcome back. It's always a pleasure to catch up with you, Pier...

Negotiations between the NHL and NHL Players' Association on a new collective bargaining agreement will resume Thursday in New York.

NEWARK, N.J. -- Everybody take a deep breath. It's about to get quite interesting on the business side of hockey. NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and his counterpart, NHL Players' Association executive director Donald Fehr, both confirmed Wednesday ...

Roberto Luongo will start in goal for the Vancouver Canucks in Game 7 against the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday night.

THE RYPIEN AND THE TEARIN' Up in Minnesota, Rick Rypien of the Canucks had just been assessed a double minor for roughing and a 10-minute misconduct when he was pulled by the linesman toward the Vancouver bench. Rypien proceeded to push the official...

Summer at last. Can you believe I haven't picked up a golf club yet?I've been too busy chasing down the latest in the Ilya Kovalchuk sweepstakes. Well, when he finally signs, it won't be on my watch. All yours, Scott Burnside and E.J. ...

Summer at last. Can you believe I haven't picked up a golf club yet?I've been too busy chasing down the latest in the Ilya Kovalchuk sweepstakes. Well, when he finally signs, it won't be on my watch. All yours, Scott Burnside and E.J. ...

Summer at last. Can you believe I haven't picked up a golf club yet? I've been too busy chasing down the latest in the Ilya Kovalchuk sweepstakes. Well, when he finally signs, it won't be on my watch. All yours, Scott Burnside and E.J. Hradek. Yes,...

The story is getting old, perhaps, but the throng in one of the NHL's biggest media centers would not let it go on this day. Not with the man himself here in Toronto. But credit Alex Ovechkin. He didn't duck the media, or the questions, over his muc...

Sidney Crosby recently left a game with an "undisclosed" injury. Want to know what happened? Good luck. The NHL isn't requiring teams to fully disclose player injuries, sparking our scribe to call for change.