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45-443: The previous agreement was signed in 1995 following a lockout which shortened the 1994–95 NHL season to 48 games, a loss of 34 games from what had originally been an 82-game schedule. None of the games scheduled for the 1994 segment of the season was ever played, the lockout lasting until after the beginning of 1995. The collective bargaining agreement was initially to last for six seasons and be open to re-negotiation in 1998 , but

90-599: A 3–2 Ranger victory. Philadelphia last played in the 2010 NHL Winter Classic against the Boston Bruins at Fenway Park in Boston , Massachusetts. The Bruins won that game in overtime by a score of 2–1 on a goal scored by Marco Sturm . This was the first time that the Winter Classic was not played on New Year's Day, which fell on a Sunday in 2012. If the Winter Classic was held on New Year's Day, it would have conflicted with

135-468: A fixed bracket playoff system. During the first three rounds, the highest remaining seed in each conference was matched against the lowest remaining seed, the second-highest remaining seed played the second-lowest remaining seed, and so forth. The higher-seeded team was awarded home ice advantage. The two conference winners then advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals, where home ice advantage was awarded to

180-700: A four-month span during the off-season. The deaths of Derek Boogaard , Rick Rypien and Wade Belak led to speculation about the effect of fighting on the mental health of players. Several former NHL players died in the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash involving the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) Lokomotiv Yaroslavl hockey team in Russia . Those who perished in the plane crash included NHL All-Star Pavol Demitra , Alexander Karpovtsev , Igor Korolev , Brad McCrimmon , Karel Rachunek , Ruslan Salei , Karlis Skrastins and Josef Vasicek along with nearly

225-610: A large portion of the league's fan base, the league and the NHLPA resumed negotiations again in June 2005. Many pundits thought that the two sides wished to come to an agreement in early July, to coincide with the Canada Day (July 1) and United States Independence Day (July 4) holiday season. While July 4 passed without an agreement, momentum for a settlement was clearly building, with the two sides meeting daily between July 5 and July 13. Reportedly,

270-486: A new away uniform parallel to their "retro" home uniform used from 1979 to 1996. They retained the navy blue, copper and red uniforms as their alternates. The Nashville Predators unveiled new home and away uniforms on June 22, complete with the updated saber-toothed cat logo. Their use of gold as the home colors marked the first time since 1988 that an NHL team wore gold in their home uniforms. The Florida Panthers made minor changes to their home uniform, using red as

315-541: A new black alternate uniform, featuring the team name above the player's number, a similar template the Dallas Stars ' uniforms currently use. Speaking of the Stars, they officially retired their alternate away jersey featuring the team crest, instead using their regular away jerseys with the city name and number in front for all 41 road games. The New York Rangers and Philadelphia Flyers wore special commemorative uniforms for

360-747: A record of 3–1–0. Four teams participated in the 2011 Compuware NHL Premiere in Europe. The Anaheim Ducks , Los Angeles Kings and New York Rangers made their second trip to Europe while the Buffalo Sabres made its first trip. On October 7, Anaheim played Buffalo at Hartwall Areena in Helsinki , Finland, and Los Angeles faced New York at the Ericsson Globe Arena in Stockholm , Sweden. All four teams played again on October 8 with Los Angeles against Buffalo at

405-586: A result, the new salary cap ceiling was set at US$ 64.3 million while the salary cap floor was US$ 48.3 million. The 2011 NHL Entry Draft was held on June 24–25, 2011, at the Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota . Ryan Nugent-Hopkins was selected first overall by the Edmonton Oilers . Several teams announced plans to change their uniforms in the 2011–12 season. The Edmonton Oilers unveiled

450-555: Is a list of notable players who played their first NHL game in 2011–12, listed with their first team: The following is a list of players of note who played their last NHL game in 2011–12, listed with their team: This was the fourth season of the league's Canadian national broadcast rights deals with CBC and TSN . During the regular season, CBC continued to air Saturday night Hockey Night in Canada games while TSN aired games on Wednesdays and other selected weeknights. CBC and TSN then split

495-413: The 2012 NHL Winter Classic . The Flyers unveiled theirs on November 21, and is in a classic sweater design in orange featuring black numbers and different striping patterns on the yoke. The Rangers unveiled theirs on November 28, and features a mix of designs used from previous jerseys. The shield logo in front is a variation of the logos used during the 1930s–1940s, while the shoulder, arm and tail striping

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540-749: The Atlanta Thrashers , sold the team to True North Sports and Entertainment , who relocated them to the True North-owned MTS Centre in Winnipeg , Manitoba and renamed the Winnipeg Jets , after a previous NHL team in the market. Winnipeg took Atlanta's place in the Southeast Division for 2011–12. On June 23, 2011, the NHL announced that the salary cap would be increased by US$ 4.9 million. As

585-793: The Detroit Red Wings , with Detroit winning the game in a shootout, 3–2. The 2012 NHL Winter Classic was held at the Citizens Bank Park baseball stadium in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania, on Monday, January 2, 2012. This season, the Philadelphia Flyers hosted the New York Rangers . It was the first Winter Classic game for the Rangers and the second for the Flyers. The result of the game was

630-655: The Hartford Whalers relocated to become the Carolina Hurricanes . The league did not change its divisional structure to accommodate the move, and the Jets took the place of the Thrashers in the Southeast Division. In December 2011, the board of governors eventually approved a proposed realignment for the following season , which would result in four conferences with the first two rounds of the playoffs being divisional, but this

675-632: The O2 World Arena in Berlin , Germany, and Anaheim against New York in Stockholm. As part of the league's updated television contract, the NHL debuted the Thanksgiving Showdown , a nationally broadcast game on the day after American Thanksgiving in 2011. The game, which was sponsored by Discover , featured the Boston Bruins (who have traditionally hosted Black Friday matinées since 1990) hosting

720-690: The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) was considered the only major MMA organization in the world and featured much fewer rules then are used in modern MMA. 2011%E2%80%9312 NHL season The 2011–12 NHL season was the 95th season of operation (94th season of play) of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Los Angeles Kings defeated the New Jersey Devils in the Stanley Cup Finals four games to two to win

765-502: The original Senators barber pole design. The uniform does not use the Roman centurion logo, instead using an outlined "O" on stripes. The Senators' uniform will also have an All-Star Game patch. The Pittsburgh Penguins promoted their dark blue uniforms, worn during the 2011 NHL Winter Classic , as the home alternates, replacing the 2008 NHL Winter Classic alternates. The Tampa Bay Lightning unveiled new home and road uniforms, featuring

810-523: The 11-point maple leaf logo. The Washington Capitals also promoted their 2011 NHL Winter Classic retro uniforms as their road alternates. The new Winnipeg Jets unveiled uniforms consisting of navy with silver and light blue trim, containing a logo based on the roundel of the Royal Canadian Air Force ; these were significantly different from, but in a similar color scheme to, the original Jets uniforms. The New York Islanders unveiled

855-528: The 2011–12 season, the Board of Governors unanimously agreed to update and re-word rule 41 involving boarding penalties. The new wording requires the player delivering the check to avoid or minimize contact if the opponent is defenceless. The Board of Governors also approved an update to rule 48 involving illegal checks to the head. The new rule will penalize all hits where the head is the principal point of contact. The previous version of this rule only made checks from

900-455: The CBA through the 2025–26 NHL season. Various elements of the "Return to Play" plan were announced the same day. 1995 in sports 1995 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. Men's professional Men's amateur Women's professional Steeplechases Flat races The following is a list of major noteworthy MMA events during 1995 in chronological order. Before 1997,

945-594: The July 12 session lasted until 6 a.m. local time (1000 UTC) on July 13, at which time talks recessed for five hours. The sides announced a tentative agreement at 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time (1630 UTC) on the 13th. The most important provision of the new collective bargaining agreement was an overall salary cap for all NHL teams, tied to league revenues. The agreement also phased in a reduced age for free agency , which would eventually give players unrestricted rights to negotiate with any team at age 27 or after 7 years of play in

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990-453: The NHL, whichever came first. On September 4, 2010, the NHL and NHLPA ratified an agreement to alter how the salary cap hit of long-term contracts would be calculated. The new salary cap accounting system would see two distinct changes. First, long-term contracts remain valid, but contracts that include years when a player aged 40 or older will only have the portion of their salaries before they turn 40 included in cap hit calculation. Second, if

1035-463: The average value of the three highest seasons is $ 5.75 million or more, then the value of years 36 through 39 will have a minimum cap "charge" of $ 1 million. These changes came shortly after Ilya Kovalchuk 's contract extension with the New Jersey Devils was voided, due to "cap circumvention". Other long-term contracts, such as Marc Savard , Roberto Luongo and Marian Hossa , were grandfathered and their respective cap hits calculated under

1080-582: The awards ceremony. Source: NHL. The following players lead the league in points at the conclusion of the regular season. GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = P Plus–minus ; PIM = Penalty minutes The following goaltenders led the league in goals against average at the end of the regular season while playing at least 1,800 minutes. GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage ; GAA = Goals against average The following

1125-402: The blindside illegal. However, determination if the check is legal will depend on various factors including whether or not the player put himself in a vulnerable position or if the hit was unavoidable. A two-minute minor penalty, or a major penalty in the event the hit was deemed to be deliberate with intent to injure, may be assessed. Three young (under 40) " enforcer "-type players died within

1170-401: 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, progress was seen during the last few months of 2004. The general consensus of many sportswriters and other knowledgeable observers

1215-614: The entire team roster, coaches, and several young prospects. The four teams going to Europe to open their regular seasons there as part of the NHL Premiere games also played exhibition games against European teams under the banner of NHL Premiere Challenge to close out their pre-seasons. The NHL teams had an overall record of 6–1–0 against the European teams, with the New York Rangers, playing four games in five days in four countries, having

1260-437: The expiration date to June 30 in order to avoid a repeat of the lockout that cancelled the 2004–05 season. Just after 5 AM on January 6, 2013, after approximately 16 continuous hours of negotiating, a tentative deal was reached on a new collective bargaining agreement to end the lockout. It was ratified by the league's Board of Governors on January 9, as well as by the NHLPA membership three days later on January 12. The deal

1305-593: The final game of the National Football League season (in which the Philadelphia Eagles hosted the Washington Redskins at nearby Lincoln Financial Field ), and the annual Mummers Parade in downtown Philadelphia. The Flyers–Rangers rivalry is one of the NHL's most frequently televised rivalries on U.S. television networks; it was televised three times nationally on NBC in 2011–12, including

1350-533: The first three rounds of the playoffs, selecting the rights to individual series using a draft-like setup. The Stanley Cup Finals aired exclusively on CBC. This was the first season under the NHL's ten-year U.S. rights deal with NBC Sports , and the first full season after the January 2011 acquisition of NBC Universal by Comcast (owner of the NHL's cable partner Versus). Notable changes under this new deal included an increase in nationally televised games on Versus (which

1395-595: The inaugural Hockey Day in America . No Heritage Classic was played this season. The 2012 All-Star Game took place on January 29, 2012, at Scotiabank Place in Ottawa , Ontario , the home arena of the Ottawa Senators . Each of the 30 teams play an 82-game season of an unbalanced schedule. Teams play six games against division opponents; four games against other conference opponents; and one or two games against teams of

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1440-472: The number of games won in each best-of-seven series). The team with home ice advantage played at home for games one and two (and games five and seven, if necessary), and the other team played at home for games three and four (and game six, if necessary). The top eight teams in each conference made the playoffs, with the three division winners seeded 1–3 based on regular season record, and the five remaining teams seeded 4–8. The NHL used "re-seeding" instead of

1485-463: The old accounting system. However, any long-term contracts signed on or after September 5, 2010 would be subject to the new system. The 2005–12 CBA expired on September 15, 2012. The 2011–12 NHL season was the final year of the then-current collective bargaining agreement, as the NHL Players' Association would no longer have the option to extend the current CBA. The players' association could not move

1530-401: The other conference. The first-place teams in each division place first, second and third in the conference standings. The top five finishers from the rest of the teams in each conference will also qualify for the playoffs, making a total of eight playoff teams in each conference. In each round, teams competed in a best-of-seven series following a 2–2–1–1–1 format (scores in the bracket indicate

1575-505: The patches were seen on the team helmets: Furthermore, a new league-wide rule required that player numbers be displayed on the front of their helmets, as well as on the back. Even though the New Jersey Devils and the Arizona Coyotes unveiled anniversary logos commemorating their 30th and 15th anniversaries of their respective relocations from Colorado and Winnipeg , they opted not to use them on their uniforms or helmets. Prior to

1620-435: The primary and relegating navy blue as a trim color. The Los Angeles Kings returned to the silver and black motif they used from 1988 to 1998, by designating their alternate home black and silver uniform as a regular uniform and unveiling a new white away uniform with black and silver trim. The purple and black uniform were retained as an alternate uniform. The Ottawa Senators unveiled a new alternate home uniform based on

1665-414: The season. There was some hope that a season could have been salvaged, as hockey legends Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux , both now part-owners of NHL teams, brought the owners and players together for talks on February 19. However, the two sides failed to reach an agreement. Once the possibility of losing a second season to the dispute became real and the two sides realized that the dispute had alienated

1710-460: The simplified lightning logo. Originally the uniforms were simply blue and white, but by popular demand, black was added as a trim color to the uniform numbers, and added the lightning bolt to the pants. The "Bolts" alternate home uniform was retained. The Toronto Maple Leafs unveiled a new alternate home uniform based on the Leafs uniforms worn during their run to the 1967 Stanley Cup title , including

1755-588: The team that had the better regular season record. Awards were presented at the NHL Awards ceremony, held in Las Vegas , Nevada , on June 20, 2012. Finalists for voted awards are announced during the playoffs and winners are presented at the award ceremony. Voting concluded immediately after the end of the regular season. The Presidents' Trophy , the Prince of Wales Trophy and Clarence S. Campbell Bowl are not presented at

1800-404: The team's first Stanley Cup in their second Stanley Cup Finals appearance; they had lost to Montreal Canadiens in the 1993 Finals. During the off-season, the Atlanta Thrashers relocated to Winnipeg , Manitoba , to become the "new" Winnipeg Jets (the "old" Winnipeg Jets relocated in 1996 to become the Arizona Coyotes ). It was the first NHL team relocation since the 1997–98 season , when

1845-449: Was also officially signed that day. Originally, the 2013 CBA was on a ten–year deal, and would have expired on September 15, 2022. The NHL and NHLPA had a choice to opt out of the CBA on September 1 and September 16, 2019, but they chose not to. The NHL paused play in its 2019–20 season on March 12 due to the COVID-19 pandemic . On July 10, 2020, the NHL and NHLPA announced the extension of

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1890-583: Was eventually extended to last until September 15, 2004 (one day after the World Cup of Hockey final in Toronto ). On the expiration date of the old agreement, the NHL Board of Governors, representing ownership, met and unanimously decided that the 2004–05 NHL season would be delayed until a new collective bargaining agreement was in place. The owners' lockout of players began at 12:01 a.m. on September 16, 2004,

1935-513: Was rejected by the NHL Players' Association (NHLPA). It was the fifth consecutive season with games in Europe at the start of the season. The Winter Classic was held on January 2, 2012, in Philadelphia between the Philadelphia Flyers and the New York Rangers . The 59th All-Star Game was held at Scotiabank Place in Ottawa , Ontario , the home arena of the Ottawa Senators , on January 29, 2012. Atlanta Spirit, LLC , which previously owned

1980-404: Was taken from the current jersey. Both teams would wear their Winter Classic uniforms again on February 5 and 11 at Madison Square Garden and Wells Fargo Center respectively, with the away team wearing the regular uniforms. In addition several teams sported memorial patches throughout the season; many of these memorials were for related events (see "Off-Season" section below). Unless specified,

2025-528: Was that, if the entire 2004–05 season were cancelled, the owners would attempt to open training camps in September 2005 for the 2005–06 NHL season using "replacement players," who are either not members of the NHLPA or were willing to resign their memberships. On February 13, 2005, the U.S. Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service called a meeting between the two sides to negotiate a new deal. Three days later, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman officially cancelled

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