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NHL owners, players meet again to on labor issues

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NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman leaves the room Wednesday after speaking to reporters after an NHL Board of Governors meeting in New York. The league and the NHL Players' Association have cleared their schedules with progress being made in collective bargaining talks.

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Negotiations between hockey owners and players are going so well that NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman says he's "pleased with the process" — even if he has been left outside the latest rounds of discussions. Bettman declined to take any questions as he stood at an NHL podium in a Manhattan hotel, just one floor away from where talks resumed for a second straight day. A ray of hope that a season-saving deal could be made emerged late Tuesday night after about eight hours of bargaining.