CANADA – HOCKEY FEATURE
June 1st, 2005
BY MONICA DOBIETHE UNIMAGINABLE happened in Canada this past winter. There was no professional ice hockey, the national sport. The entire season was hockey-free due to a lockout by the National Hockey League (NHL) team owners, who tried unsuccessfully to persuade NHL players to agree to terms that would potentially hamper their already fat salaries. The dispute has lost players and team owners a lot of money, but it has also hit the pockets of other industries too, notably the beer sector. It not only sells a lot of beer at ice hockey stadiums, it exploits the ...
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