The National Hockey League as we know it is over. At 2:35 PM EST in a New York hotel conference room, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman announced to the world that there would be a lockout commencing September 16, 2004 at a minute past midnight.

Keeping their World Cup championship hopes alive and well, the Canadians put the hammer down on their weaker opponent – Slovakia on Wednesday night at the Bell Centre. In front of another sell-out crowd, the Canadians took the lead early and didn’t let up

A sell-out crowd. Mustard-yellow jerseys, and Canada taking on those beloved Americans. It had all the makings of an international classic, and the 21,273 in attendance at the Bell Centre in Montreal were treated to just that. An end-to-end, fast-paced ho