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Marty Miller holds up his sign voicing his opinion on the NHL lockout as the Charlotte Checkers play the Norfolk Admirals in an American Hockey League game at the PNC Arena on Sunday, January 6, 2013, in Raleigh, North Carolina. The Checkers are the Carolina Hurricanes highest-level minor league franchise. The NHL announced an agreement with the players union on the lockout Sunday. "It's about time" Miler said of the end of the lockout. (Chris Seward/Raleigh News & Observer/MCT)