What is 2012–13 NHL season?
{{Infobox sports season | title = 2012–13 NHL season | league = [[National Hockey League]] | sport = [[Ice hockey]] | duration = January 19 – June 24, 2013 | attendance = 12,758,849 | draft = Draft | draft_link = 2012 NHL Entry Draft | top_pick_link = List of first overall NHL draft picks | top_pick = [[Nail Yakupov]] | picked_by = [[Edmonton Oilers]] | season = Regular season | season_champ_name = [[Presidents' Trophy]] | season_champs = [[Chicago Blackhawks]] | MVP = [[Alexander Ovechkin]] ([[Washington Capitals|Capitals]]) | MVP_link = Hart Memorial Trophy | top_scorer = [[Martin St. Louis]] ([[Tampa Bay Lightning|Lightning]]) | top_scorer_link = Art Ross Trophy | playoffs = Playoffs | playoffs_link = 2013 Stanley Cup playoffs | finals = Stanley Cup | finals_link = 2013 Stanley Cup Finals | finals_champ = [[Chicago Blackhawks]] | finals_runner-up = [[Boston Bruins]] | playoffs_MVP = [[Patrick Kane]] ([[Chicago Blackhawks|Blackhawks]]) | playoffs_MVP_link = Conn Smythe Trophy | nextseason_year = [[2013–14 NHL season|2013–14]] | prevseason_year = [[2011–12 NHL season|2011–12]] | seasonslistnames = [[List of NHL seasons|NHL]] | no_of_games = 48 | no_of_teams = 30 |TV = [[Hockey Night in Canada|CBC]], [[TSN Hockey|TSN]], [[NHL on RDS|RDS]] (Canada)<br>[[Wednesday Night Rivalry|NBCSN]], [[NHL on NBC|NBC]], [[CNBC#Non-business_programming|CNBC]] (United States) }} The '''2012–13 NHL season''' was the [[List of NHL seasons|96th]] season of operation (95th season of play) of the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL). 30 teams competed. There were 48 games. The regular season began on January 19, 2013 and ended on April 28, 2013. The season start was to begin on October 11, 2012 but was delayed due to the [[2012–13 NHL lockout]] The [[2013 Stanley Cup playoffs|playoffs]] began on April 30, 2013. The [[Chicago Blackhawks]] won the [[Stanley Cup]] on June 24, 2013 after defeating the [[Boston Bruins]] in six games. ==Other websites== {{commonscat}} *[http://nhl.com/ NHL.com] {{NHL seasons|2012}} {{DEFAULTSORT:2012-13