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NEW YORK (AFP) –
Gary Bettman, National Hockey League commissioner, leaves the podium after a press conference on September 13. The NHL has canceled its pre-season games slated for the month of September, it announced.
The National Hockey League has canceled its pre-season games slated for the month of September, it announced.
The cancelations result from a lockout after the players union and the owners failed to come to terms on a new collective-bargaining agreement.
The pre-season was scheduled to begin September 23 with the regular season starting on October 11.
In addition, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said Wednesday the 2012 Kraft Hockeyville pre-season game scheduled for October 3 in Toronto has been postponed until 2013.
The NHL is in its third work stoppage in less than 20 years.
