Sports Update

NHL Labor Talks About to Begin

Posted: 2:11 PM Jun 25, 2012
Reporter: from Tim Staudt

The head of the NHL players' union says negotiations on a new collective bargaining agreement will begin perehaps as early as this week. New NHL players association executive director Donald Fehr was in Chicago for meetings. He says negotiations will begin after Wednesday's meetinig of the NHLPA's executive board. The NHL canceled the 2004-05 season before a labor deal was reached that included a salary cap for the first time. That agreement expires on September 15th.