1st NHL game played in Dec. 1917 (1917-1918 season)
No 2004-2005 season
2011-2012 is the 95th season???
I honestly didn't give it any thought - just "cut & pasted" the headline.
But you do have a point. Perhaps, even though they didn't play, they count '04-'05.
When we talk about the lockout, we refer to the "2004-2005 season", don't we?