The coronavirus pandemic has shut down the sports world, including the NHL season, who announced on March 12 they were

While the in-season move is an unusual one, this is not the first time the league has seen a work stoppage in its history.

Here's a brief rundown of instances of when the hockey season was stopped.

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During the NHL's 75th anniversary season, the league Kenta Maeda Jersey experienced a first: a strike. On April 1, the players, led by the National Hockey League's Players A sociation's executive director Bob Goodenow,"walked out" on the season at 3 p.m. ET of a collective bargaining agreementby a vote of 560-to-4.

Three games scheduled for that night were canceled Islanders at the Maple Leafs, Capitals against the Devils and the Jets were in San Jose to Mookie Betts Jersey face the Sharks.

After 10 days, the strike came to an end as theplayers saw their share of playoff revenue increase and gained greater control of marketing rights while the owners gota four-game increase in the regular season to 84 games.

The league was able to reschedule the games canceled and complete a full regular-season beginning on April 12. In the end, the Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the Chicago Blackhawks to win the Stanley Cup on June 1, 1992, making itthe first time a champion was awarded Lord Stanley's Cup in June.

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Once again, the league saw themselves in the same position witha work stoppage; however,this time it was the owners that made the move and locked out the players.

, the owners and league wanted aggre sive expansion, a new U.S. televisiondeal, a focus on growth and Kirk Gibson Jersey long-term labor peace. The players disputed the introduction of a luxury tax,a salary cap and when players would be eligible for unrestricted free agency.

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While training camp wentoff without a hitch, this labor disputewhichbegan on Oct. 1, ended after a 103-day lockout with the owners dropping the luxury Walker Buehler Jersey tax.A shortened season of48 games began Jan. 20 with no inter-conference games played. The regular season was completed on May 3 and the New Jersey Devils claimed their by sweeping the Detroit Red Wings in late June.

Although 10 years had pa sed,animosity remained from the previous CBA negotiations and with the deal expiredthe entire 2004-05 season was eventually canceled due to the labor dispute. The biggest point of contention was the salary cap as the league wanted it to be inflexible. In February2005, Bettman announced the cancellation of the season.

to play during the lockout. Henrik Zetterberg won the Swedish League scoring title with 50 points in 50 games. The KHL's AK Bars Kazan had a $65-million roster that included Ilya Kovalchuk, Nikolai Khabibulin, Dany Heatley and Vincent Lecavalier.

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In April,the NHLPA Max Muncy Jersey introduced the idea of an upper and lower limit of the salary cap which theNHL adoptedas Goodenow was replaced asthe NHLPA's executive director by Ted Saskin. Under the new CBA, which was agreed to on July 22, 2005,the players were able to get to unrestricted free agency faster and gained a fixed percentage of league revenues.

The most recent labor dispute forced postponement of the start of the2012-13 NHL season with twokey arguments at the center: share of league revenues and the salary cap. NHLowners and the league wanted the players' revenue shares to drop from 57-43 split.

Once again, thelockout also with Evgeni Malkin and Sergei Gonchar signingKHL contracts.

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However, with the cancellation of another season in le s than a decadelooming, the league and the players agreed to a new CBA in January and compromising on a 50/50 revenue split.

The 48-game regular season began on Ross Stripling Jersey Jan. 19,with no inter-conference games played. In June, the Chicago Blackhawks captured their second Stanley Cup in four seasons defeating the Boston Bruins in six games.