NHL Cancels First 2 Weeks of Season

Games through October 24 are called off amid lockout
By John Johnson,  Newser Staff
Posted Oct 4, 2012 1:55 PM CDT
NHL Cancels First 2 Weeks of Season
Hockey fans will have to wait.   (AP Photo/Tom Hanson, FIle)

Hockey fans often carp that the NHL's regular season is too long, but this is not the fix they had in mind: The league today canceled the first two weeks as its player lockout continues, reports USA Today. All games are called off through October 24, and given the plodding progress of talks, don't be surprised if another round of cancellations follows. The league lost its entire season as recently as '04-'05. (More NHL stories.)

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