What is 2004–05 NHL season?
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2020}} {{Infobox sports season | title = 2004–05 NHL season | league = [[National Hockey League]] | sport = [[Ice hockey]] | logo = | pixels = | caption = | duration = | seasonslistnames =[[List of NHL seasons|NHL]] |nextseason_year = [[2005–06 NHL season|2005–06]] |prevseason_year = [[2003–04 NHL season|2003–04]] |no_of_games=0 |no_of_teams=30 }} The '''2004–05 NHL season''' would have been the 88th [[regular season]] of the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL). The season was canceled on February 16, 2005 because of an unfinished [[lockout (industry)|lockout]] that began on September 16, 2004. The [[2004–05 NHL lockout|loss of the 2004–05 season]] made the NHL the first [[North America]]n professional sports league to cancel an entire season because of a [[Labour (economics)|labour]] issue.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=1992793 | title=Lockout over salary cap shuts down NHL | publisher=[[Associated Press]] | date=February 16, 2005 | access-date=2007-08-15}}</ref> It was also the first time since [[1918–19 NHL season|1919]] that the [[Stanley Cup]] was not awarded. In 1919, the championship was canceled due to the ongoing [[Spanish flu]] pandemic.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://edition.cnn.com/2005/SPORT/02/16/nhl.season/ | title=NHL cancel remainder of the season | publisher=CNN.com | date=February 16, 2005 | access-date=2007-08-15 | archive-date=2007-10-21 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071021042551/http://edition.cnn.com/2005/SPORT/02/16/nhl.season/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{NHL seasons|2004}} {{DEFAULTSORT:2004-05 NHL season}} [[Category:2004 in ice hockey|NHL]] [[Category:2005 in ice hockey|NHL]] [[Category:National Hockey League seasons]]