NHL lockout ends, training camps set to open

Los Angeles Kings right wing Dustin Brown (23) holds up the Stanley Cup after the Kings beat the New Jersey Devils 6-1 during Game 6 of the Stanley Cup finals, Monday, June 11, 2012, in Los Angeles. / AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill

NEW YORK The NHL's four-month lockout finally ended Saturday night following another tough negotiation that nearly delayed training camps even longer.

The league and the players' association completed a required memorandum of understanding that had to be signed before camps were cleared to open. That will happen on Sunday with a 48-game regular season to begin on Jan. 19.

The NHL also was set to release the long-awaited schedule, minus the 510 games that were lost to the lockout.

It took all week and much longer than expected on Saturday for the memorandum to be completed. The announcement that it was finished came several hours after the union easily ratified the tentative deal reached last Sunday.

The more than 700 union members had a 36-hour window from Thursday night until Saturday morning to vote electronically. The NHL board of governors unanimously approved the deal on Wednesday.

[stevegillis112]

BOYCOTT!!! , LOOK ITS THE END OF JANUARY, WE NEED TO SHOW THE GREEDY OWNERS AND BETTMAN THEY CANT **** ON US, LOOK PEOPLE WE NEED TO STICK TOGETHER AND GET THRU THIS! THIS IS OUR TIME TO STRIKE! WE CAN SEND A MESSAGE TO THE GREEDM OR GO WALKING BACK UP THERE *****, I SAY HOLD YOUR HEAD HIGH PEOPLE! BOYCOTTTT TIME!!

[Filmguy870]

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawn.

[skithebumps]

The headline should be "NHL Lockout Ends: Nobody Cares".

[pedalit]

said the skier
*snicker*

[FormerUSMCSergeant]

Hockey = soccer on ice, and equally boring.

[pedalit]

there's a dog show out there calling your name