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Associated Press: NHL, players approve plan to resume season

Published July 11, 2020 at 7:38 am

(FILES) In this file photo taken on April 27, 2019 Artemi Panarin #9 of the Columbus Blue Jackets reacts after scoring in the second period in Game Two of the Eastern Conference Second Round against the Boston Bruins during the 2019 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. Russian star hockey player Artemi Panarin said strongman Vladimir Putin can no longer tell good from bad and that his time is up and he must go.

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Hockey became the latest sport to finalize a return during a global pandemic after NHL owners and players approved an agreement Friday to resume the season — and with it an assurance of labor peace through September 2026. Games are scheduled to begin Aug. 1 in Toronto and Edmonton, Alberta, with coronavirus cases in the U.S. pushing the league into Canada for the summer and fall until the Stanley Cup is awarded in late September or early October.