2004–05 NHL season

The 2004–05 NHL season was the National Hockey League's 88th season of operation. The entire 1,230-game schedule, that was to begin in October, was officially canceled on February 16, 2005 due to an unresolved lockout that began on September 16, 2004. The loss of the 2004–05 season's games made the NHL the first North America professional sports league to lose an entire season of games because of a labor dispute. It was the first time since 1919, when a Spanish flu pandemic canceled the playoffs, that the Stanley Cup was not awarded. This canceled season was later acknowledged with the words "2004–05 Season Not Played" engraved on the Cup.

According to the International Ice Hockey Federation, 388 NHL players were on teams overseas at some point during the season, spread across 19 European leagues. Many of these players had a contract clause to return to the NHL when the league started up again, even if it was during the current season.

Key rule changes which would dominate after the lockout were established as a result of a meeting between the NHL and its top minor league, the American Hockey League. On July 5, 2004, the AHL announced publicly the 2004–05 rule changes, many of which were passed as a result of the NHL's recommendation for experimentation.

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NHL, players provide optimism for new CBA

Pittsburgh Tribune Review 04 Dec 2024
The 2004-05 lockout wiped out an entire season, and talks in 2012-13 pushed the start until January ... executive director for the 2012-13 and 2020 talks, and before that it was Bob Goodenow in 2004-05.
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Tuesday's hockey: NHL CBA talks to start in February; Hronek out 8 weeks

Detroit news 04 Dec 2024
The 2004-05 lockout wiped out an entire season, and talks in 2012-13 pushed the start until January ... executive director for the 2012-13 and 2020 talks, and before that it was Bob Goodenow in 2004-05.
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Talks on a new NHL CBA are set to start early next year

TSN Canada 03 Dec 2024
The 2004-05 lockout wiped out an entire season, and talks in 2012-13 pushed the start until January ... executive director for the 2012-13 and 2020 talks, and before that it was Bob Goodenow in 2004-05.
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Talks on a new NHL CBA are set to start early next year. Here's why ...

Kinston Free Press 03 Dec 2024
The 2004-05 lockout wiped out an entire season, and talks in 2012-13 pushed the start until January ... executive director for the 2012-13 and 2020 talks, and before that it was Bob Goodenow in 2004-05.
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Talks on a new NHL CBA are set to start early next year. Here’s why ...

Wtop 03 Dec 2024
The 2004-05 lockout wiped out an entire season, and talks in 2012-13 pushed the start until January ... executive director for the 2012-13 and 2020 talks, and before that it was Bob Goodenow in 2004-05.
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Talks for the NHL’s new CBA are set to start early next year. Here’s why ...

Chicago Tribune 03 Dec 2024
The 2004-05 lockout wiped out an entire season, and talks in 2012-13 pushed the start until January ... executive director for the 2012-13 and 2020 talks, and before that it was Bob Goodenow in 2004-05.
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Talks on a new NHL CBA are set to start early next year. Here's why there is optimism

The Day 03 Dec 2024
The 2004-05 lockout wiped out an entire season, and talks in 2012-13 pushed the start until January ... executive director for the 2012-13 and 2020 talks, and before that it was Bob Goodenow in 2004-05.
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The NHL has strict rules for how much teams can spend. Here's how it works

NBC Bay Area 20 Nov 2024
A salary cap has been in place since right after the labor dispute that caused the cancellation of the entire 2004-05 NHL season ... dispute that caused the cancellation of the entire 2004-05 NHL season.
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How the EA NHL cover curse can break all of the Canucks’ other curses

North Shore News 30 Aug 2024
... on the cover of NHL 2004, who himself had replaced Joe Thornton ... That game was released on September 14, 2004, two days before the start of the lockout that wiped out the entire 2004-05 NHL Season.
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Staff profile: Will Sports Columnist Michael Arace live to see the Blue Jackets win?

The Columbus Dispatch 18 Aug 2024
I was hired by the Dispatch in September 1999 to cover the Blue Jackets and the NHL ... I covered the Blue Jackets as a beat writer from their inception through 2004-05, when the entire NHL season was scuttled by the owners’ lockout.
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Canucks: Curtis Bell is a self-described high-school dropout, he's also the team's new trainer

Toronto Sun 18 Jul 2024
He was most recently an athletic trainer with the Penguins, but he also spent many seasons with the Pens as the director of performance ... After the 2004-05 lockout, he was head athletic trainer for the Florida Panthers for three seasons.
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Last time Oilers went to Stanley Cup Final: Connor McDavid's age, Coach Wayne Gretzky, and more to know about 2006

Sportingnews 08 Jun 2024
Just like this season, Edmonton didn't win its division in 2005-06 ... The NHL as a whole was reeling and hoping to rebuild momentum and goodwill after the 2004-05 season was canceled due to a lockout.
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Penguins eliminated from playoff contention after Capitals clinch final wild-card spot

Pittsburgh Tribune Review 17 Apr 2024
The Pittsburgh Penguins entered the 2023-24 season with plenty of motivation ... There was no 2004-05 season due to the NHL’s lockout ... 22, or even a 4-2 home loss to the Chicago Blackhawks in the season opener on Oct.
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Labor of love: Columbus Blue Jackets' Jeff Rimer ready to join his 'rock' in retirement

The Columbus Dispatch 15 Apr 2024
One season, he split duties between the Panthers and Capitals, which was the only time in the NHL that's happened ... That was nearing the time of the 2004-05 NHL lockout, which erased an entire season and brought the Rimers to Columbus.

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