Tentative deal to end NHL lockout: reports

NEW YORK (AFP) –

A Pittsburgh Penguins fan at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 3, 2012. The National Hockey League and players have reached a tentative deal to end their lockout and salvage the season, US media reports said Sunday.

The National Hockey League and players have reached a tentative deal to end their lockout and salvage the season, US media reports said Sunday.

NHL.com reported that a marathon 16-hour negotiating session that started on Saturday and spilled over into Sunday produced a “framework” for a new collective bargaining agreement to replace the one that expired on September 15, triggering the lockout that has so far cost the NHL more than half its 2012-2013 campaign.