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The 2004–05 NHL lockout was a labor lockout that resulted in the cancellation of the National Hockey League (NHL) season, which would have been its 88th season of play. [ 1 ] The main dispute was the league's desire to implement a salary cap to limit expenditure on player salaries, which was opposed by the NHL Players Association (NHLPA), the ...
The 2004–05 NHL season would have been the National Hockey League's 88th season of play. The entire 1,230-game schedule, that was set to begin in October, was officially canceled on February 16, 2005, due to an unresolved lockout that began on September 16, 2004.
The owners' lockout of players began at 12:01 a.m. on September 16, 2004, the day most NHL training camps would have opened had the NHLPA and the NHL come to an agreement. By November 2004 it became apparent that the entire 2004–05 season was in jeopardy and supposedly "last-ditch" efforts were undertaken to avoid this, but little, if any ...
2004–05 NHL season: The Stanley Cup was not awarded for the first time since 1919 as a result of the 2004–05 NHL lockout. On February 16, commissioner Gary Bettman announced the final cancellation of the NHL season. The lockout would be resolved on July 13 when an agreement was reached in principle.
The 2004 NHL entry draft was held on June 26 at the RBC Center in Raleigh, North Carolina. [33] It was the last NHL event to take place before the beginning of the lockout which cancelled all the games scheduled for the 2004–05 NHL season. Montreal selected nine players at the 2004 draft:
The 2004–05 Tampa Bay Lightning season was the franchise's 13th season in the National Hockey League. Its games were canceled due to the lockout of players . Because the entire season was canceled due to the lockout, the Lightning were allowed to retain their status as the Stanley Cup champions.
The 2004–05 Detroit Red Wings season would have been their 79th National Hockey League season; however, it was cancelled as the 2004–05 NHL lockout could not be resolved in time to save the season.
The 1992 NHL strike, which postponed 30 games of the 1991–92 season; The 1994–95 NHL lockout, which cancelled many of the games of the 1994–95 season, including the All-Star Game and shortened the regular season to 48 games per team with no inter-conference games; The 2004–05 NHL lockout, which cancelled all of the games of the 2004 ...