NHL Cancels Games Through Mid-January; 51% of Season Wiped Out
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The National Hockey League wiped 99 more games off its schedule due to the players’ lockout, pushing the 2012-2013 season to the brink of cancellation.
With the latest eliminations announced yesterday, the season couldn’t begin until Jan. 15 at the earliest. In 1994-95, an NHL lockout ended Jan. 11 and a 48-game schedule began on Jan. 20. A lockout wiped out the entire 2004-05 season.