Has the NHL ever shut down the season?

[gotpuck]

Has the NHL ever shut down the season for any period of time for any reason? Just wondering if it has happened and why. I am referring to something unscheduled. Olympics is a planned for event. A lockout is something that was planned before the season started. A strike would be initiated by the players.

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[jmart21]

Has the NHL ever shut down the season for any period of time for any reason? Just wondering if it has happened and why.

See: lockout

 

[Divine]

Has the NHL ever shut down the season for any period of time for any reason? Just wondering if it has happened and why.

Yes, the Olympic break.

 

[A Shiny Zubat]

This is a question easily answered by Professor Google.

 

[MoreOrr]

Has the NHL ever shut down the season for any period of time for any reason? Just wondering if it has happened and why.

How old are you? Or what sports have you focused on until your recent liking of hockey?

 

[I Hate Blake Coleman]

They shut it down for the stupid ass All-Star game almost every year.

 

[Frank the Tank]

Yes, the most famous non-business related reason being the Spanish Influenza epidemic of 1919.

 

[HereCometheHawks]

I would assume he means for something like the mumps, or WWII, or something similar.

 

[Big McLargehuge]

Lockouts, Olympics, 1919 Spanish Flu Epidemic (canceled the final games of the Stanley Cup Final).

No war shutdowns, though WWII did effectively kill the New York Americans.

 

[UsernameWasTaken]

In the early 20th century, they cancelled the Stanley Cup Final because of a flu epidemic.

 

[BrindamoursNose]

Lockouts, Olympics, 1918 Spanish Flu Epidemic (canceled the final games of the Stanley Cup Final).

No war shutdowns, though WWII did effectively kill the New York Americans.

If you read that the way I did, it's actually quite a funny sentence due to its accuracy in two ways

 

[spiny norman]

Yes, the most famous non-business related reason being the Spanish Influenza epidemic of 1919.

In the early 20th century, they cancelled the Stanley Cup Final because of a flu epidemic.

The question posed by the OP has been answered.

Closed.