NEW YORK — They walked into a Manhattan hotel, knowing they were running out of time to save their season. After 16 hours of tense talks, the NHL and its players finally achieved their elusive deal early Sunday morning,“The NHL forfeited any hope of attracting any mainstream appeal with this 113-day lockout. The masses didn't miss it. Not with the NFL, NBA, college football and college basketball filling the vacuum. There were likely those when word filtered down6 Q's About the News | Why might fans of North American professional hockey soon have reason to celebrate?Trevor Daley got up at 5 a.m. Sunday in Ontario to feed his new baby when he switched on the television and found out that the NHL and NHLPA had agreed to end the lockout that has cost almost half of the 2012-13 season.GettyThe NHL lockout appears over. Here are some of the winners and losers from the last 113 days. WINNER: Don Fehr. Nearly six years ago, the NHLPA fired Ted Saskin under a cloud of corruption. Two years later, they fired Paul Kelly as NHLPA head
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