Agreement between NHL and NHLPA have been officially reached tonight.   The NHL will start the January 13th in a 56 matches Regular Season which will end the 8th May. (Not good news for the Latvia & Belarus World Championships at all)   The Play-Offs will start right after the end of the Regular Season with the Stanley Cup winner expected to be known early July.   It is still possible the league start may be also moved 1 or 2 weeks later according to TSN tough