Labor talks between the NHL and NHLPA stalled on Friday, making a lockout increasingly likely with the current CBA set to expire Sept. 15.

After three days of discussions this week, the two sides decided to recess. The NHL and NHLPA have reached a standoff on the core economic issues and have no further talks scheduled.

The NHLPA will take another day before responding to the league's latest labor proposal, according to an ESPN.com report.

The union is expected to issue a response to the league's second offer when the two sides reconvene for labor talks Friday in Manhattan.

The NHL and NHLPA remained at an impasse on Wednesday in the latest round of CBA talks as the deadline for a lockout looms.

The players' association took issue with the latest NHL proposal that Gary Bettman called "meaningful" and "significant."

Donald Fehr is expected to make a counterproposal as early as Thursday.

Six weeks after its initial proposal, the NHL submitted a second one to the NHLPA on Tuesday when the two sides met for talks at the league's offices in New York.

Gary Bettman said it was a counterproposal to the one the NHLPA unveiled earlier this month. Bettman said the latest one included "meaningful" movement and addressed core economic issues that could bring about a labor stoppage when the CBA expires on September 15.

Negotiations for a new CBA between the NHL and its players resumed Tuesday at the league offices, then took a slight break.

Limiting the personnel at the bargaining table in the hope of making progress, only Donald Fehr, the director of the NHLPA, and assistant Steve Fehr met with Gary Bettman and Bill Daly. 

Not long after the meeting started, however, Donald Fehr told reporters talks had paused just for a bit.

The Glendale City Council has directed staff to extend its arena management deal with the NHL for another month.

City Attorney Craig Tindall says it'll allow potential owner Greg Jamison more time to try to purchase the Coyotes.

NHL commissioner Gary Bettman says the two sides remain far apart on key financial elements after the bargaining session Thursday lasted less than 2 hours between the league and the NHLPA, according to an ESPN.com report.

NHL labor talks were canceled Wednesday after top executives from the league and players' union held an impromptu morning meeting to discuss the status of the CBA negotiations, according to an Associated Press report.

The wide gap that existed in labor talks between the NHL and NHLPA was hardly bridged on Wednesday, a day after the union presented its counterproposal and with the threat of a lockout now only a month away.

Gary Bettman said the two sides are "still apart, far apart," and "not on the same page," in making his first public comments since having a chance to read through the NHLPA's offer.

The NHLPA has made its first proposal in the latest round of collective bargaining talks with the NHL, according to an ESPN.com report. The proposal to the league includes a smaller percentage of revenues for players and an expanded revenue sharing program to help struggling teams. Donald Fehr said the proposal could "stabilize the industry."