The National Hockey League announced today the cancellation of 135 games of the 2012-13 regular-season schedule through Nov. 1.
According to the NHL, the cancellation was necessary because of the absence of a Collective Bargaining Agreement between the NHL Players' Association and the NHL.
The NHL locked out the players on Sept. 16, following the expiration of the previous CBA.
The NHL and National Hockey League Players' Association met on Thursday to try to reach an agreement.
"The Players' Association came back and basically made three alternate proposals on the players' share, all variations, to some degree, of the one proposal that they made over the summer and really haven't deviated from since," NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said. "And none of the three variations of players' share that they gave us even began to approach 50-50 (revenue split) either at all or for some long period of time and it's clear that we're not speaking the same language in terms of what they came back to us with.
"It is still my hope that we can accomplish my goal, the League's goal of getting an 82-game season, but I am concerned based on the proposal that was made today that things are not progressing. To the contrary, I think the proposal that was made by the Players' Association was in many ways a step backward."
Commissioner Bettman submitted an offer to the NHLPA on Tuesday that would allow for a full 82-game season to begin on Nov. 2. The proposed CBA was for six years, with a mutual option for a seventh year, and included a 50-50 split of hockey-related revenues over the life of the deal.
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