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'NHL commissioner Gary Bettman will announce the cancellation of the 2004-05 season at a news conference Tuesday in New York, following the failure of both sides in the labour dispute to get a deal on paper by his weekend deadline. The league was to put out an advisory later Monday, but a source confirmed to The Canadian ress that the announcement will take place … [Read more...] about NHL to cancel season Tuesday, source says

Miller focused on having fun among flying pucks (Rochester D&C) Goalie Miller a good choice as AHL MVP (Rochester D&C) Miller Wins Top Goaltender (RNews.com) Vanek's and Austria's Olympic dreams dashed by Ukraine (Amerks.com) Miller named top goalie as PlanetUSA wins Skills (Amerks.com) Ryan Miller head to AHL All-Star Classic (Amerks.com) … [Read more...] about Monday’s Rochester Coverage

Amerks' short lapse opens gate to Bulldogs victory (Rochester D&C) Hamilton 5, Rochester 2 (AP) Ott scores twice as Bulldogs capture 5-2 victory over Americans (CP) Hamilton Skates Past Amerks (RNews.com) Bulldogs bite Amerks 5-2 (Amerks.com) Bulldogs 5, Rochester 2 (HamiltonBulldogs.com) … [Read more...] about Sunday’s Rochester Coverage

'"I'm an eternal optimist, but that's fleeting fast."' … [Read more...] about NHL ready to pull plug

'"I think it is crazy that it's come this far," Patrick said. "This has been forecast for four years. The players association said this is going to happen ... . Obviously, in a fight like this, it takes two sides.' … [Read more...] about For the love of the game

Florida Panthers teammates Kristian Huselius, 26, and Andreas Lilja, 27, and Henrik Tallinder of the Buffalo Sabres reportedly acknowledged to police that they had sex in their hotel room with a 22-year-old woman they met in a downtown bar early Wednesday. … [Read more...] about Three Swedish NHLers suspended after sex scandal

'"There's so much hate right now. They're fools, they don't say anything and the public is caught in the middle and they're fighting over lots of money. At the end of the day, it doesn't matter what they say that the owners are losing. The players are losing this."' … [Read more...] about Hall Of Famer Dionne Thinks The Players Are Looking For Too Much

'“By what I saw today and by watching both press conferences, the sense was that there are no further meetings scheduled or expected so the next thing expected is that Gary Bettman is going to come out and cancel the season. It’s going to be a very dark day in sports history.”' … [Read more...] about Biron Addresses Current Situation

'Tallinder, along with Florida Panthers Kristian Huselius and Andreas Lilja, were arrested by Stockholm police in response to a complaint from a Stockholm women who claims the three men sexually assaulted her.' … [Read more...] about Tallinder Arrested In Sweden

'Kristian Huselius and Andreas Lilja of the Florida Panthers, and Henrik Tallinder of the Buffalo Sabres were questioned Thursday night and released. None were charged with a crime.' … [Read more...] about Three NHL players leave Swedish national team after being questioned in sex assault case

'"I think the first year that we made the playoffs was very exciting. We ended up playing the Montreal Canadiens in the first round. No one gave us a prayer to win that series but we took them to six games. And one of the great moments in my career was in that sixth game in the Auditorium when the fans starting chanting in unison, ‘Thank you Sabres.’ It … [Read more...] about Sabre Legends: Jim Lorentz

'It presented the idea that a new deal be made using the players' association's proposal from Dec. 9 that included a luxury-tax system and a 24 percent salary rollback on existing contracts. But if any one of four financial conditions set forth by the league were exceeded, then the NHL's salary-cap offer from last week would go into effect the following … [Read more...] about Bettman: Deal by the weekend or no hockey this season

'After three consecutive days of talks last week, the NHL introduced a plan in which it would implement the proposal made by the union on December 9 until it became obvious it did not work economically. At that time, the league's February 2 design, which masked a salary cap as a "floating team payroll range," would go into effect.' … [Read more...] about NHL season on brink

'The NHL is poised to issue a deadline of Monday or Tuesday for the players' association to agree to a labor deal and will initiate a final round of talks before it becomes the first major professional sports league to cancel an entire season. With schedules of 28, 30 and 32 games in hand, NHL executives calculated that they must have a general agreement by Tuesday … [Read more...] about NHL Is Taking a Final Shot

'Ruff isn't on the ice as much as he normally would be because of the NHL lockout. That's why the Sabres' coach has been getting his jollies one night a week in the Performax senior league.' … [Read more...] about Game on!