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US Hockey Players Meet Over Lockout
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With hopes of season dwindling, no decision on labor agreement
announced With hopes of a season dwindling, the National Hockey League
and Players' Association have met in Chicago. No decision on a labor
agreement was announced. But a future meeting has been planned for an
unannounced location and time.

Representatives from both sides talked for nearly five hours Wednesday
at O'Hare Airport. The meeting was the first since December 14 when
both sides rejected each other's offers. The league and union have
convened only three times since the player lockout began in
mid-September.

No deadline has been set to officially scrap the entire NHL season if
an agreement is not reached. The lockout reached its 126th day on
Wednesday. Hundreds of games and the All-Star exhibition have already
been wiped out.


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