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. The league's Board of Governors voted to approve the agreement that was backed by the NHL Players' Association executive board Friday night. The NHL completed last season in bubbles in Toronto and Edmonton, Alberta, with players, coaches and staff isolated from the general public and virus-tested daily. "During these troubled times, we hope that NHL games will provide fans with some much-needed entertainment as the players return to the ice." The seven teams that didn’t make the playoffs last season can start as soon as Dec. 31.

Source: Fox News December 20, 2020 22:41 UTC