In the 2004-2005 the NHL cancelled the season due to an unsettled labor dispute when the owners and players could not come together on the new Collective Bargaining Agreement.
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There was no NHL Season in 2005 because of differences in salary-cap. This argument led to the first ever cancelled season in NHL history. This was also known as the "Lock-out".
In the 2005-06 season, the NHL adopted the shootout to settle ties in regular season games.
In 2004, the collective bargaining agreement between the NHL and the NHL Players' Association expired. The league was determined that it would not open the 2004/2005 season without a new CBA in place. When hard negotiations, plus a lot of animosity on both sides, failed to get an agreement, the season was delayed and finally cancelled completely in the winter of 2005. The two sides finally reached an agreement later in 2005.
pre-seeson starts in mid-September and the regular season starts early in October
In the 2005-2006 season, 18% were American born. 53% were Canadian born.
Bobby Orr still has the record for most points by a defenceman in a NHL season