After hours of tense talks, the NHL and its players finally achieved their elusive deal early Sunday morning, including a new defined benefit pension plan.
Hockey players are sticking together as a union for now and are working long and late hours with the NHL to try to reach a new collective bargaining agreement to get the game back on the ice.
Stop if you've heard this one before: the NHL is losing games because of a lockout.
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