{coyotes} NO PROGRESS OR PROPOSALS AS NHL, NHLPA WRAP UP MEETINGS

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NEW YORK - The NHL and the players' association wrapped up two days of meetings Thursday with no new proposals or significant progress towards ending the month-long lockout.

NHLPA special counsel Steve Fehr added that no further meetings are planned for Friday.

Representatives of the NHL Players' Association arrived in the morning at league headquarters, where the sides met for about five hours Wednesday in an effort to work out a deal.

Although it has been a week since the NHL called off the first two weeks of the regular season, that sting will be felt full force Thursday when what should have been opening day passes without a puck hitting the ice.

The sides met also twice Wednesday.

The NHL's top two executives - Commissioner Gary Bettman and Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly - met with the NHLPA's main negotiators - executive director Donald Fehr and his brother Steve - for nearly an hour Wednesday morning to assess where the sides were on Day 25 of the lockout, but there were no concrete discussions on the troublesome core economic issues that are preventing a deal from being struck.

A four-hour session stretched into evening and included miscellaneous legal topics. The health issues involved seeking multiple medical opinions on injuries, and who should make determinations when a player is healthy enough to return to action after being hurt.

There are still no plans to delve into how the sides will split up hockey-related revenue that was in excess of $3 billion last season.

The NHL is eager to get a new proposal from the union on the main economic issues, but the players contend that they have moved closer to the league's demands in their previous offers while the NHL has only sought to take more away from the union in each proposal it has made.

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