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NHL, players finalize agreement for 56-game season in 2021

by Stephen Whyno
| December 20, 2020 1:06 PM

Hockey is set to return Jan. 13 after the NHL and players completed a deal Sunday to hold a 56-game season that would include playoffs lasting into July to award the Stanley Cup.

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