The National Hockey League and union representing its locked-out players reached agreement on drug testing and player safety on Friday but did not address the core economic issues standing in the way of a new labour deal.
"We're taking baby steps right now," Mathieu Schneider, a special assistant to the NHL Players Association's executive director, told reporters in New York.
"We are not really discussing anything that has to do with the core economics," he said.
The NHL locked out its players on Sept. 16. - Reuters
