2012–13 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Saturday, January 12, 2013, NFC: San Francisco 49ers 45, Green Bay Packers 31
Crabtree was the top receiver of the game, with nine catches for 119 yards and two touchdowns. Gore rushed for 119 yards and a touchdown, while also catching two passes for 48 yards. Linebacker Patrick Willis had seven tackles and a sack. Rodgers completed 26 of 39 passes for 257 yards, two touchdowns, and an interception, while also rushing for 28 yards. Kaepernick finished the game responsible for more yards gained (444) then the entire Packers team (352)


2012–13 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Saturday, January 12, 2013, NFC: San Francisco 49ers 45, Green Bay Packers 31
This was the sixth postseason meeting between the Packers and 49ers. Green Bay had won four of the five prior meetings, including winning 25–15 in the 2001 NFC Wild Card playoffs.


2012–13 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, January 13, 2013, NFC: Atlanta Falcons 30, Seattle Seahawks 28
The Falcons built up a 20–0 first-half lead, but had to overcome a furious Seattle comeback to earn their first trip to the conference championship game since 2005. Trailing 28–27 with 25 seconds left, Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan's completions to Harry Douglas and Tony Gonzalez moved the ball 41 yards in just 12 seconds of game time to set up Matt Bryant's 49-yard game-winning field goal. For Gonzalez, the NFL's all-time leader among tight ends in nearly every receiving category, it marked the first playoff win in his 16-season career.


2012–13 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, January 13, 2013, NFC: Atlanta Falcons 30, Seattle Seahawks 28
Atlanta scored on their opening drive, moving the ball 55 yards on the way to a 39-yard field goal from Bryant. Later in the quarter, Seattle got a scoring opportunity when linebacker Bobby Wagner intercepted a Ryan pass and returned it to the Falcons' 33-yard line. But running back Marshawn Lynch fumbled the ball while being tackled by Sean Weatherspoon and defensive tackle Jonathan Babineaux recovered it. On Atlanta's ensuring drive, a pair of 16-yard receptions by Roddy White and tight end Chase Coffman set up Ryan's 1-yard touchdown pass to Gonzalez.


2012–13 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, January 13, 2013, NFC: Atlanta Falcons 30, Seattle Seahawks 28
On the last play of the first quarter, Atlanta running back Jacquizz Rodgers ran the ball 45 yards to the Seahawks 42-yard line. Atlanta then continued on to the 19-yard line, where Bryant kicked a 37-yard field goal. Seattle responded with a drive to the Atlanta 11-yard line, but turned the ball over when fullback Michael Robinson was dropped for a 1-yard loss by safety William Moore on fourth down and one. With Atlanta taking the ball back on their own 12, Michael Turner made a 33-yard run before Ryan's 47-yard touchdown pass to White increased their lead to 20–0.


2012–13 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, January 13, 2013, NFC: Atlanta Falcons 30, Seattle Seahawks 28
Seattle responded with a drive to the Falcons' 11-yard line on a drive that used up all their timeouts. With 17 seconds left in the half, they attempted one last play before sending in the field goal unit, but quarterback Russell Wilson was sacked by Babineaux and the clock ran out before they could run another play.


2012–13 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, January 13, 2013, NFC: Atlanta Falcons 30, Seattle Seahawks 28
Seattle started out the second half with an 80-yard touchdown drive, with Wilson rushing for 19 yards and completing a 19-yard throw to tight end Zach Miller before tossing a 29-yard touchdown pass to Golden Tate. Atlanta countered with an 80-yard drive of their own, featuring a 21-yard reception by Julio Jones and scoring on Ryan's 5-yard pass to fullback Jason Snelling. But it wasn't long before Seattle completed the third consecutive 80-yard possession; Wilson hit Tate for 24 yards, rushed for 12, and then completed a 26-yard pass to Miller on the Falcons 13-yard line. A few plays later, he took it into the end zone himself on a 1-yard run, making the score 27–14 with 13:06 left in regulation.


2012–13 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, January 13, 2013, NFC: Atlanta Falcons 30, Seattle Seahawks 28
Three plays into Atlanta's next drive, safety Earl Thomas intercepted a pass from Ryan at the Seattle 38. Wilson then moved the ball into the Falcons red zone with a 24-yard completion to Sidney Rice and a 30-yarder to reserve running back Robert Turbin. On the next play, his 3-yard touchdown pass to Miller cut the deficit down to one score, 27–21.


2012–13 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, January 13, 2013, NFC: Atlanta Falcons 30, Seattle Seahawks 28
With three minutes left in the game, Seattle's Leon Washington returned a punt 15 yards to his 39-yard line. Then Wilson went back to work, with completions to Tate and Lynch for gains of 19 and 24 yards. Then, with 31 seconds left, Lynch's 2-yard touchdown run gave them their first lead of the game, 28–27.


2012–13 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, January 13, 2013, NFC: Atlanta Falcons 30, Seattle Seahawks 28
Rodgers returned the ensuing kickoff 34 yards to the 28-yard line, giving the Falcons the ball with 25 seconds and two timeouts left. On their first play, Ryan completed a 22-yard pass to Douglas near the left sideline, running six seconds off the clock. Then he found Gonzalez over the middle for a 19-yard gain to the Seattle 31-yard line that used up six more seconds before the clock was stopped on their final timeout. With 13 seconds left in the game, Atlanta decided to try the game-winning field goal on their next play. Shortly before the ball was snapped, Seahawks coach Pete Carroll called a timeout, giving Bryant a "practice kick" on the field, which he missed. But after the timeout, Bryant's 49-yard field goal kick was good, retaking the lead for Atlanta with eight seconds left on the clock.


2012–13 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, January 13, 2013, NFC: Atlanta Falcons 30, Seattle Seahawks 28
However, Seattle was not quite out of the game. Taking the ball on their 46-yard line after Atlanta's squib kick, Wilson's 6-yard completion to Doug Baldwin moved the ball to the Atlanta 48, where he went out of bounds with two seconds left. Rather than attempt a 65-yard field goal (which was two yards longer than the NFL record for longest field goal at that time), Seattle decided to try a Hail Mary pass with their final play. Wilson heaved the ball into the end zone, but Jones, who had been brought in as an extra defensive back, intercepted the pass to seal the victory.


2012–13 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, January 13, 2013, NFC: Atlanta Falcons 30, Seattle Seahawks 28
Ryan completed 24 of 35 passes for 250 yards and three touchdowns, with two interceptions. Turner rushed for 98 yards. Rodgers rushed for 64 yards, and added 104 more on five kickoff returns. Wilson threw for 385 yards and two touchdowns with one interception, while also rushing for 60 yards and another score. Miller was the top receiver of the game with eight receptions for 142 yards and a touchdown, while Tate added six catches for 103 yards and a touchdown. Wagner had eight tackles and an interception.


2012–13 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, January 13, 2013, NFC: Atlanta Falcons 30, Seattle Seahawks 28
This was the first postseason meeting between the Seahawks and Falcons.


2012–13 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, January 13, 2013, AFC: New England Patriots 41, Houston Texans 28
In Week 14 of the regular season, New England defeated Houston 42–14. This time around, the Texans managed to keep the score tighter, but the final result didn't change. New England quarterback Tom Brady passed for 344 yards and three touchdowns as he led the team to their seventh AFC Championship Game in his 12 years as a starter. This was also his 17th postseason win, surpassing the NFL's all-time record held by Joe Montana. However, the win did come with a price: Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski, who suffered a season ending arm injury.


2012–13 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, January 13, 2013, AFC: New England Patriots 41, Houston Texans 28
Houston started out with a huge burst of momentum when Danieal Manning returned the opening kickoff 94 yards to the New England 12-yard line. But a dropped pass by James Casey and an overthrown pass in the end zone forced them to settle for a 27-yard field goal from Shayne Graham. Later in the quarter, Brady completed three consecutive passes for 51 yards on a 65-yard drive on the way to a 1-yard touchdown run by Shane Vereen.


2012–13 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, January 13, 2013, AFC: New England Patriots 41, Houston Texans 28
On their next drive, a 30-yard completion to Wes Welker, along with Vereen's 22-yard run and 12-yard reception, set up a 37-yard field goal by Stephen Gostkowski. Following a punt, Brady completed a 47-yard pass to Welker, moving the ball to the Texans 8-yard line. On the next play, he threw a touchdown pass to Vereen, making the score 17–3. On the ensuing kickoff, a 35-yard return by Manning and a 15-yard penalty against Gostkowski for a horse collar tackle gave Houston the ball at the Patriots 47-yard line.


2012–13 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, January 13, 2013, AFC: New England Patriots 41, Houston Texans 28
Arian Foster took the ball to the end zone from there with five consecutive running plays, the last a 1-yard touchdown run. Then after forcing a punt, quarterback Matt Schaub completed three passes for 25 yards in a span of just 22 seconds, moving the ball to the Pats 37 where Graham made a 55-yard field goal as time expired in the half and cutting the score to 17–13.


2012–13 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, January 13, 2013, AFC: New England Patriots 41, Houston Texans 28
However, New England dominated the second half with 21 unanswered points. On the first drive of the second half, Brady's 40-yard completion to tight end Aaron Hernandez set up Stevan Ridley's 8-yard touchdown run. Later in the quarter, Patriots linebacker Rob Ninkovich intercepted a pass and returned it to the 37-yard line. Ridley then rushed four times for 37 yards on a 63-yard drive that ended with Brady's 5-yard touchdown completion to Brandon Lloyd. Early in the fourth quarter, Houston failed to convert a fourth down and one on their own 33-yard line, and Brady threw a 33-yard touchdown pass to Vereen on the next play.


2012–13 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, January 13, 2013, AFC: New England Patriots 41, Houston Texans 28
Now trailing 38–13, Houston made one last comeback attempt. Manning's 65-yard kickoff return gave them the ball on the Pats 37-yard line, where they scored on a five play drive that ended with Schaub's 25-yard touchdown pass to receiver DeVier Posey. Then after a punt, they drove 79 yards, including a 24-yard catch by tight end Owen Daniels and scored on Schaub's 1-yard completion to Foster. On the next play, he completed a 2-point conversion pass to Andre Johnson, making the score 38–28 with 5:11 left in the game. But New England ended their comeback chances when Ninkovich recovered their onside kick attempt, leading to Gostkowski's 38-yard field goal to put the game away.


2012–13 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, January 13, 2013, AFC: New England Patriots 41, Houston Texans 28
Vereen finished with 124 all-purpose yards and three touchdowns. Welker caught eight passes for 131 yards. For the Texans, Schaub threw for 352 yards, two touchdowns, and an interception. Foster rushed for 90 yards, caught seven passes for 63 yards, and scored two touchdowns. Johnson caught eight passes for 95 yards. Manning returned four kickoffs for 216 yards, the third highest total in postseason history.


2012–13 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, January 13, 2013, AFC: New England Patriots 41, Houston Texans 28
This was the first postseason meeting between the Texans and Patriots.


2012–13 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 20, 2013, NFC: San Francisco 49ers 28, Atlanta Falcons 24
San Francisco overcame a 17-point deficit, the largest comeback ever in an NFC Championship Game, to earn their sixth Super Bowl appearance in franchise history. It was their first road playoff win in 24 years. Ironically, the previous biggest comeback in NFC Championship history was the Falcons overcoming a 13-point deficit in the 1998 NFC title game. This marked the seventh year in a row where the NFC Champion came from the division that faced the AFC East in the regular season.


2012–13 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 20, 2013, NFC: San Francisco 49ers 28, Atlanta Falcons 24
Atlanta dominated the first quarter, mainly on plays by receiver Julio Jones, who caught five passes for 100 yards, including a 46-yard touchdown catch on their opening drive, and a 27-yard reception on their next drive to set up a Matt Bryant field goal. Following a punt, Matt Ryan hit Roddy White for a 23-yard gain on the last play of the first quarter. Then he threw a 20-yard touchdown pass to Jones on the first play of the second, giving the Falcons a 17–0 lead.


2012–13 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 20, 2013, NFC: San Francisco 49ers 28, Atlanta Falcons 24
This time San Francisco struck back with an 80-yard scoring drive, with Frank Gore rushing for 20 yards and Vernon Davis catching a pass for 27. LaMichael James finished the drive with a 15-yard touchdown run. Then, after forcing a three-and-out, Colin Kaepernick rushed for 23 yards and completed three passes to Davis for 48 yards, the last a 4-yard touchdown pass to make the score 17–14. But Atlanta stormed back as Ryan completed five passes for double-digit gains on their next drive, the last one a 10-yard score to tight end Tony Gonzalez with 25 seconds left in the half.


2012–13 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 20, 2013, NFC: San Francisco 49ers 28, Atlanta Falcons 24
The 49ers took the opening kickoff and drove 82 yards, with Kaepernick completing two passes to Randy Moss for 38 yards and one to tight end Delanie Walker for 20. Gore completed the drive with a 5-yard touchdown run, cutting their deficit to 24–21. On Atlanta's ensuing possession, defensive back Chris Culliver gave San Francisco a great chance to tie or take the lead by intercepting a pass from Ryan and returning it to the Falcons 25-yard line.


2012–13 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 20, 2013, NFC: San Francisco 49ers 28, Atlanta Falcons 24
But San Francisco failed to gain a first down and came up empty when David Akers hit the uprights on a 38-yard field goal try. Later on, the 49ers got another scoring opportunity when defensive lineman Aldon Smith recovered a fumble from Ryan on his own 40-yard line. They subsequently drove deep into Falcons territory, but once again they failed to score when defensive back Dunta Robinson stripped the ball from Michael Crabtree on the 1-yard line as he tried to get in for the go-ahead score, and linebacker Stephen Nicholas recovered it.


2012–13 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 20, 2013, NFC: San Francisco 49ers 28, Atlanta Falcons 24
With 12 minutes left in regulation, Ted Ginn Jr.'s 20-yard punt return gave San Francisco the ball on the Falcons 38-yard line. Five plays later, Gore scored his second touchdown on a 9-yard run, giving the 49ers their first lead of the game at 28–24. Atlanta responded with a drive to the 49ers 13-yard line, but consecutive incompletions on third and fourth down caused a turnover on downs with just 1:13 left in the game.


2012–13 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 20, 2013, NFC: San Francisco 49ers 28, Atlanta Falcons 24
Atlanta managed to force a punt and get the ball with 13 seconds to go. Ryan completed a pass to Jones on the final play, but he was tackled at the 49ers 35-yard line as time expired.


2012–13 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 20, 2013, NFC: San Francisco 49ers 28, Atlanta Falcons 24
Kaepernick completed 16 of 21 passes for 233 yards and a touchdown, along with 21 rushing yards. Davis caught five passes for 106 yards and a score. Gore rushed for 90 yards and two touchdowns. Ryan completed 30 of 42 passes for 396 yards and three touchdowns, with one interception. Jones caught 11 passes for 182 yards and two touchdowns, while White had seven receptions for 100 yards. Gonzalez caught eight passes for 78 yards and a score.


2012–13 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 20, 2013, NFC: San Francisco 49ers 28, Atlanta Falcons 24
This was the second postseason meeting between the 49ers and Falcons. Atlanta won the only prior meeting 20–18 in the 1998 NFC Divisional playoffs.


2012–13 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 20, 2013, AFC: Baltimore Ravens 28, New England Patriots 13
Baltimore's defense forced three turnovers, held Tom Brady and the New England Patriots to 13 points, and kept them scoreless in the second half en route to their first Super Bowl in 12 years, covering over their previous year's AFC title loss. The Patriots suffered their worst loss of the season and their lowest scoring total of the season despite six trips inside the Ravens 25-yard line. Brady suffered his first career loss at home when leading by halftime, in which during that span he was 67–0.


2012–13 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 20, 2013, AFC: Baltimore Ravens 28, New England Patriots 13
In the first quarter, New England receiver Brandon Lloyd caught two passes for 29 yards on a drive that ended with a Stephen Gostkowski field goal. In the second quarter, Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco completed 5/6 passes for 64 yards on an 87-yard drive that ended with Ray Rice's 2-yard touchdown run to take the lead. New England struck back with a 79-yard touchdown drive. The key player on it was Wes Welker, who caught a 24-yard pass and later finished it with a 1-yard touchdown reception from Brady.


2012–13 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 20, 2013, AFC: Baltimore Ravens 28, New England Patriots 13
Baltimore was forced to punt after three plays on their next drive, and Welker returned the ball 15 yards to the Ravens 43-yard line. New England then drove to the 7-yard line where Gostkowski kicked his second field goal as time expired in the half, giving the Patriots a 13–7 halftime lead.


2012–13 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 20, 2013, AFC: Baltimore Ravens 28, New England Patriots 13
In the second half, New England managed several drives deep into Ravens territory, but were unable to convert any into points. First, they drove to Baltimore's 34-yard line, but were halted there and decided to punt rather than attempt a 52-yard field goal. Tight end Dennis Pitta subsequently caught three passes for 32 yards on Baltimore's ensuring 87-yard drive, the last a 5-yard touchdown catch. New England was quickly forced to punt and Jacoby Jones returned it 11 yards to the 37. Baltimore then drove 63 yards, featuring a 23-yard reception by Torrey Smith and scored on Flacco's 3-yard touchdown pass to Anquan Boldin on the first play of the fourth quarter.


2012–13 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 20, 2013, AFC: Baltimore Ravens 28, New England Patriots 13
The Ravens dominated the final quarter, forcing a turnover on every New England drive. First, Pats running back Stevan Ridley lost a fumble while being tackled by Bernard Pollard and defensive end Arthur Jones recovered it on the New England 47-yard line. Three plays later, Flacco threw an 11-yard touchdown pass to Boldin, making the score 28–13. The Patriots then drove to the Ravens 19-yard line, only to turn the ball over on downs after failing to convert a fourth down and 4.


2012–13 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 20, 2013, AFC: Baltimore Ravens 28, New England Patriots 13
Following a punt, New England moved the ball back to the Ravens 19, only to lose it again when Brady threw a pass that was tipped by Pernell McPhee at the line of scrimmage and intercepted by Dannell Ellerbe. After another Ravens punt, Baltimore defensive back Cary Williams put the game away by intercepting a pass from Brady in the end zone with 1:13 left in regulation.


2012–13 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 20, 2013, AFC: Baltimore Ravens 28, New England Patriots 13
Flacco threw for 240 yards and three touchdowns. Linebacker Ray Lewis had 14 tackles, giving him a staggering 44 total tackles in the Ravens three playoff games. Brady threw for 320 yards and one touchdown with two interceptions. Welker caught eight passes for 117 yards and a touchdown, while also returning four punts for 56 yards. Pats linebacker Brandon Spikes had 11 tackles.


2012–13 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 20, 2013, AFC: Baltimore Ravens 28, New England Patriots 13
The Ravens became the first team to win the AFC Championship on the road since the 2005 Pittsburgh Steelers and were the last road team to win a conference championship game until the Los Angeles Rams and New England Patriots won their respective conference championship games in 2018.


2012–13 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 20, 2013, AFC: Baltimore Ravens 28, New England Patriots 13
This was the second consecutive postseason meeting and third overall between the Ravens and Patriots. Both teams split the prior two meetings, with New England winning the 2011 AFC Championship Game 23–20.


2012–13 NFL playoffs, Super Bowl XLVII: Baltimore Ravens 34, San Francisco 49ers 31
Although this game was looking to be a blowout win for the Ravens after a 21-6 first half lead, the 49ers rallied to keep it close, but the game came down to the Ravens hanging on to a 5 point lead in the final seconds and intentionally giving up a safety for the resulting final score. This was the third Super Bowl in five years, after XLIII and XLV, to not feature either #1 seed from either conference.


2012–13 NFL playoffs, Super Bowl XLVII: Baltimore Ravens 34, San Francisco 49ers 31
This was the first Super Bowl meeting between the Ravens and 49ers.


2012–13 NHL lockout
The 2012–13 NHL lockout was a labor dispute between the National Hockey League (NHL) and the National Hockey League Players' Association (NHLPA) that began at 11:59 pm EDT on September 15, 2012. A tentative deal on a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) was reached on January 6, 2013, with its ratification and signing of a memorandum of understanding on the agreement completed by January 12, 2013, 119 days after the expiry of the previous CBA.


2012–13 NHL lockout
The owners of the league's franchises, led by NHL commissioner Gary Bettman, declared a lockout of the members of the NHLPA after a new agreement could not be reached before the expiry of the NHL collective bargaining agreement on September 16, 2012. The lockout shortened the 2012–13 NHL season, originally scheduled to begin on October 11, 2012, from 82 to 48 games, a reduction of 41.5 percent. The revised season started on January 19, 2013 and ended on April 28, 2013.


2012–13 NHL lockout
At issue for the owners were desires to reduce the players guaranteed 57% share of hockey-related revenues, introduce term limits on contracts, eliminate salary arbitration, and change free agency rules. The union's initial offers focused on increased revenue sharing between owners and a fixed salary cap that is not linked to league revenues. As the deadline for a work stoppage approached, the union unsuccessfully challenged the league's ability to lock out players of three Canadian teams – the Edmonton Oilers and Calgary Flames (in the jurisdiction of Alberta), and the Montreal Canadiens (in the jurisdiction of Quebec).


2012–13 NHL lockout
The dispute was the third lockout in the 19 years since Bettman became Commissioner in 1993, following player lockouts in 1994–95 and 2004–05, with the latter case leading to the cancellation of the entire season. This was also the third labor dispute for NHLPA executive director Donald Fehr who, as head of the Major League Baseball Players' Association, led his union through a lockout in 1990 and a strike in 1994–95.


2012–13 NHL lockout
During the lockout, many NHL players went to other leagues in North America and Europe. Many businesses in the United States and Canada located near NHL arenas lost money as a result of the games not played.


2012–13 NHL lockout, Cancelled games
All games on the original 2012–13 NHL calendar up to January 14, 2013 were cancelled, including the 2013 NHL Winter Classic between the Detroit Red Wings and the Toronto Maple Leafs, which was rescheduled for 2014. In addition, the 2013 All-Star Game, scheduled for January 27, was also cancelled. The revised 48-game schedule resulted in the cancellation of 510 regular season games, comprising 41.5 percent of the season.


2012–13 NHL lockout, Issues
The owners identified their key issues in their first offer, presented on July 13, 2012. Their offer retained the framework established following the 2004–05 NHL lockout but made numerous changes to player salary and movement rights:


2012–13 NHL lockout, Issues
The players' union waited a month to offer a counter-proposal as it requested additional financial data from the league. When the union proposed it on August 14, it retained a salary cap, but de-linked it from revenue. It proposed a fixed cap for three years, followed by a players' option to return to the terms of the expired CBA in the fourth year. Fehr suggested their proposal could save the league as much as $465 million and would feature an enhanced revenue sharing system that would help lower-revenue teams.


2012–13 NHL lockout, Negotiations
The two parties exchanged a pair of offers as the deadline for a lockout approached. The union's last offer before the expiry of the collective bargaining agreement continued to call for an unlinked salary cap that would steadily increase over a five-year term.


2012–13 NHL lockout, Negotiations
Donald Fehr argued that if the league continued to see revenue increase at the seven percent average of the 2005–2012 CBA, the players' share of revenues would drop from the 57 percent they received in 2011–12 to a low of 52 percent in 2015–16, but increase in the final two years of the deal back to 54 percent.


2012–13 NHL lockout, Negotiations
The NHL countered with a time-limited offer where it would continue with the existing definition of hockey-related revenue and a linked salary cap that would pay the players 49 percent of revenues in 2012–13 and fall to 47 percent by the sixth year of the deal. Each side rejected the others' offer, and some veteran players expressed willingness to sit out an entire season if necessary. The National Hockey League officially locked its players out when the CBA expired,and on September 19, cancelled all preseason games for the month of September. Several players then signed contracts to play in European leagues for the duration of the dispute.


2012–13 NHL lockout, Negotiations
The NHLPA challenged the NHL's right to lock out the players in two Canadian jurisdictions. Sixteen members of the Montreal Canadiens unsuccessfully sought a temporary injunction from the Quebec labor Relations Board that would prevent the team from locking its players out of practice facilities and would have required the Canadiens to pay its players regardless. Twenty-one members of the Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers sought similar relief from the Alberta labor Relations Board, but the board ruled in favour of the NHL.


2012–13 NHL lockout, Negotiations
Having cancelled the remainder of the preseason, and regular season games up to November 1, on October 16, Bettman offered a 50–50 revenue split in the owners' latest CBA proposal. Two days later, the Players' Association presented three counterproposals. Both sides were still far apart when negotiations ended. The league, which refused to negotiate with the NHLPA unless they used the league proposal as the starting point, withdrew its offer after negotiations failed.


2012–13 NHL lockout, Negotiations
Subsequently, on October 26, the NHL cancelled all games scheduled for November, including the annual Hall of Fame game, scheduled for November 9 at the Air Canada Centre, and the Black Friday Thanksgiving Showdown scheduled to air on NBC. In addition, the 2013 NHL Winter Classic was cancelled on November 2.


2012–13 NHL lockout, Negotiations
The league and players' association resumed negotiations on November 6, meeting over six consecutive days in a neutral, undisclosed location. The NHL offered to pay a $211 million "make whole provision" over the first two years of the deal to honour existing player contracts; the NHLPA sought $590 million. On November 21, the NHLPA made a new proposal that left the sides $182 million apart, which Bettman immediately rejected. Two days later, all games up to December 14 were cancelled, as well as the All-Star Game.


2012–13 NHL lockout, Negotiations
The NHL and NHLPA agreed to mediation under the auspices of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service on November 26. The sides met with mediators on November 28 and 29, but the mediators quit after that point, determining they could not make any progress reconciling the two parties' demands.


2012–13 NHL lockout, Negotiations
Following mediation, Bettman proposed a meeting between players and team owners to Donald Fehr, and Jamal Mayers tweeted that the NHLPA had made a similar offer to meet directly with owners. From December 4 to 6, six team owners, 17–19 players, and staff from both sides met to negotiate and exchange proposals. The league offered to raise the "Make Whole" provision to $300 million and to give ground on player contracting and pension issues, but identified three components of the CBA they considered important: a five-year limit on player contracts, a ten-year length of the new CBA, and compliance issues.


2012–13 NHL lockout, Negotiations
The players offered an eight-year limit on contracts and an eight-year CBA with an opt-out clause after six years. The NHL rejected the offer, and talks broke down again. After negotiations failed, Bettman delivered a press conference saying the "Make Whole" provision would be pulled off the table. He also stated that the league would deny the union's request to bring mediators back into the negotiations. Four days later, the NHL cancelled all games up to December 30.


2012–13 NHL lockout, Negotiations
After talks broke down, rumours leaked that the NHLPA planned on filing a "disclaimer of interest" (a quicker, less formal way to dissolve the player's union, compared with decertification)and, with collective bargaining no longer in effect, pursuing an antitrust lawsuit against the NHL. The NHL responded on December 14 by filing a class action suit with the U.S. District Court in New York seeking to establish that its lockout was legal.


2012–13 NHL lockout, Negotiations
Included in the lawsuit was a request for all existing player contracts to be "void and unenforceable", should the NHLPA be dissolved, resulting in all NHL players becoming free agents. The league also filed an unfair labor practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board, stating that the union had been negotiating in bad faith and that its threat to disclaim interest was a negotiating ploy that violated the collective bargaining process. In a vote conducted from December 17 to 21, the players authorized the union's executive board to file a disclaimer of interest, up until January 2, 2013, though it did not proceed with the filing. On December 20, the league cancelled all games up to January 14, 2013.


2012–13 NHL lockout, Negotiations
After a Christmas hiatus, the league made another offer to the players on December 27. The offer was reportedly for a ten-year contract with an opt-out clause after eight, and included a US$60 million salary cap taking effect in 2013, a six-year term limit on player contracts (seven years for teams re-signing their own players), an increase in the allowed amount of variance year-to-year in player contracts to ten percent from the originally proposed five, and the make-whole provision remaining the same as the previous offer.


2012–13 NHL lockout, Negotiations
The proposal required a minimum 48-game regular season schedule starting no later than January 19 which would be preceded by a one-week training camp, thereby requiring an agreement to be reached by January 11. Face-to-face negotiations recommenced shortly thereafter. With the expiry of the NHLPA's authorization to file a disclaimer of interest, the two sides continued to discuss three key issues: player pensions, the salary cap (with the players requesting a US$65 million cap for the second year of the collective bargaining agreement), and contract lengths.


2012–13 NHL lockout, Resolution
Around 4:45 am EST on January 6, after approximately 16 continuous hours of negotiating, a tentative deal was reached on a new collective bargaining agreement to end the lockout.


2012–13 NHL lockout, Resolution
The terms included a limit of eight years on contract extensions and seven years on new contracts, a salary floor of US$44 million and a salary cap of US$60 million (a two-year transition period will allow teams to spend up to US$70.2 million in the deal's first season, prorated for the season length, and up to a salary cap of US$64.3 million in the second season), a maximum 50-percent variance in the salaries over the course of a contract, mandatory acceptance of arbitration awards under US$3.5 million, no realignment, and an amnesty period to buy out contracts that do not fit under the salary cap.


2012–13 NHL lockout, Resolution
The NHL Board of Governors ratified the new CBA on January 9, followed three days later by the ratification of the deal by the NHLPA members, and the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the two parties, officially marking their agreement to the CBA. A 48-game schedule was played, starting on January 19, 2013 and ending on April 28, 2013, with no inter-conference games.


2012–13 NHL lockout, Alternatives for players
As in the 2004–05 NHL lockout, the players had numerous options for playing professional hockey during the lockout. All players eligible for the American Hockey League were assigned to their AHL clubs leading into the lockout, as were players still eligible to play junior hockey.


2012–13 NHL lockout, Alternatives for players
More experienced players sought employment in European leagues such as the predominantly Russian Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), Finland's SM-liiga, Germany's Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL), Austria's Erste Bank Hockey League (EBEL), the Czech Extraliga (ELH), the Slovak Extraliga, Switzerland's National League A (NLA), Norway's GET-ligaen, the United Kingdom's Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL) and the Swedish Elitserien (SEL), the last of which largely resisted signing locked-out NHL players.


2012–13 NHL lockout, Alternatives for players
By November 15, over 170 NHL players had joined teams in Europe. Pavel Datsyuk, Ilya Kovalchuk, Evgeni Malkin, and Alexander Ovechkin were among the stars who returned to their native Russia. Nicklas Backstrom also decided to play in Russia together with his teammate Ovechkin. Other players, such as Patrice Bergeron, Logan Couture, Patrick Kane, Rick Nash, Matt Duchene, Tyler Seguin, Jason Spezza, Max Pacioretty, John Tavares, Joe Thornton and Henrik Zetterberg, signed with teams in Switzerland.


2012–13 NHL lockout, Alternatives for players
The assignment of NHL players to the AHL caused a trickle-down effect that pushed AHL players to the ECHL, ECHL players to lower leagues such as the CHL, FHL and SPHL, and marginal players from those leagues out of professional hockey.


2012–13 NHL lockout, Alternatives for players
With the large number of notable NHL players playing in Europe, American sports network ESPN signed a multi-platform deal with the KHL to televise the game of the week on its television and online platforms, a deal that cost the network less than US$100,000 in rights fees. This was followed by another American television network, MSG, also securing rights for broadcasting select KHL games.


2012–13 NHL lockout, Alternatives for players
The 2012 Spengler Cup in Davos, Switzerland, also included a number of NHL players who would likely not have participated if not for the lockout. Top NHLers, including Patrice Bergeron, Tyler Seguin, Jason Spezza, and John Tavares, helped Team Canada win its first Spengler Cup since 2007.


2012–13 NHL lockout, Alternatives for players
During the lockout, several NHL players threatened to not return if the lockout was to end. Lubomir Visnovsky was the only one not to report to his NHL team, the New York Islanders, for the delayed start of the season and was suspended by the Islanders. His agent said on January 26, 2013, that Visnovsky would report to the team by February 11.


2012–13 NHL lockout, Effects
Gary Bettman stated that during the lockout, "the business is probably losing between $18 and $20 million a day and the players are losing between $8 and $10 million a day." The league office cut employees' pay by 20 percent, and some teams laid off employees and cut pay, as well.


2012–13 NHL lockout, Effects
In Canada, businesses in areas with NHL teams were hurt because of the lockout. Canadian lotteries also lost money. Molson-Coors reported reduced sales in Canada, blaming the lack of sales on the arenas being empty and people not having hockey parties taking away many beer-buying opportunities. In the United States, businesses located near NHL arenas were affected negatively due to the lockout.


2012–13 NHL lockout, Effects
Kraft Hockeyville 2013 was cancelled due to the lockout. Hockey Day in Canada was moved from Lloydminster to Peterborough.


2012–13 NHL lockout, Effects
During the lockout, NHL players participated in a few charity games. "Operation Hat Trick", a charity hockey game, was played at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City to raise money for Hurricane Sandy victims. The game, which was held on November 24, 2012, saw the team captained by Brad Richards defeat the team captained by Scott Hartnell, 10-6. Some of the NHL players that also participated in the game included Henrik Lundqvist, Martin Brodeur, Andy Greene, Bobby Ryan, and James van Riemsdyk.


2012–13 NHL lockout, Effects
Because of the shortened season, hockey card manufacturers did not include many rookies (such as Nail Yakupov) in the season's product lines.


2012–13 NHL lockout, Effects
When the season started on January 19, 2013, the Chicago Blackhawks began a streak of 24 consecutive games without a regulation loss, setting an NHL record. On June 24, the Blackhawks defeated the Boston Bruins to win the Stanley Cup.


2012–13 NHL lockout, Effects
The average attendance for the season was 17,768, up 2.6 percent from the previous year.


2012–13 NHL season
The 2012–13 NHL season was the 96th season of operation (95th season of play) of the National Hockey League (NHL). The regular season began on January 19, 2013 and ended on April 28, 2013, with the playoffs to follow until June.


2012–13 NHL season
The season start was delayed from its original October 11, 2012 date due to a lockout imposed by the NHL franchise owners after the expiration of the league's collective bargaining agreement (CBA). After a new labour agreement was reached between the owners and the National Hockey League Players' Association (NHLPA), training camps opened on January 13, 2013 and a 48-game season (reduced from 82 games) started on January 19. Similar to the 1994–95 season, the shortened regular season was limited to intra-conference competition. The season calendar opened with the 2012 NHL Entry Draft on June 22–23, 2012, held at the Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh.


2012–13 NHL season, League business, Lockout
On September 13, 2012, all 29 league ownership groups (with the Phoenix Coyotes collectively owned by the NHL) authorized commissioner Gary Bettman to lock out the National Hockey League Players' Association (NHLPA) upon the expiration of the NHL collective bargaining agreement (CBA) on September 15. The action marked the fifth labour dispute in twenty years for the league, following a 1992 strike, lockouts in 1994–95 and 2004–05, as well as a referees lockout in 1993; this is more than any of the other major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada during this period. In preparation for the lockout, NHL teams assigned all of their eligible players to their American Hockey League farm clubs.


2012–13 NHL season, League business, Lockout
Although Bettman acknowledged the 2005–12 CBA was fair, he also stated that he was demanding concessions as a result of the late 2000s recession, even though the league experienced significant growth at that time. Sports media reported on July 14 on the NHL's first offer to the players.


2012–13 NHL season, League business, Lockout
The offer reportedly included: a drop in players' share of "hockey-related revenues" from 57 per cent to 46 per cent; a requirement that players play ten years before becoming an unrestricted free agent (UFA); a limit on players' contracts to five years in length; elimination of salary arbitration; and an extension of entry-level contracts to five years from three.


2012–13 NHL season, League business, Lockout
The NHLPA made an attempt to strike down the lockout as illegal in Alberta and Quebec; the Quebec Labour Board ruled against the NHLPA on September 14.


2012–13 NHL season, League business, Lockout
The NHL season officially entered a lockout after the expiration of the CBA on September 15, 2012, prior to the planned start of the pre-season. Locked-out players immediately began signing with the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), Czech Extraliga (ELH), the SM-liiga, and the Elitserien (SEL), the last of which largely resisted signing locked-out players. The NHL canceled all regular-season games originally scheduled up to January 14, 2013, including the 2013 NHL Winter Classic. The 2013 NHL All-Star Game was also canceled.


2012–13 NHL season, League business, Lockout
On January 6, 2013, after a 16-hour negotiating session, the owners and players union reached a tentative agreement for a 10-year deal. NHL owners ratified the CBA on January 9, 2013, followed three days later by the deal's ratification by NHLPA members, and the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the two parties, marking their official agreement on the labour pact. The NHL announced a 48-game schedule, starting on January 19, 2013 and ending on April 28, 2013, consisting solely of intra-conference competition.


2012–13 NHL season, League business, Proposed realignment
The relocation of the Atlanta Thrashers from the American southeast to the Canadian prairies, where the franchise is now known as the Winnipeg Jets, in the summer of 2011 resulted in discussions within the league on how to realign the league's 30 teams. Following several months of speculation, the NHL's Board of Governors voted in favor of a radical realignment plan that would have reduced the six current divisions in two conferences into four conferences.


2012–13 NHL season, League business, Proposed realignment
The top four teams in each conference would then qualify for the 2013 Stanley Cup playoffs, while for the regular season, each team would face its non-conference opponents twice: once each at home and on the road. Conference opponents would face each other five or six times each. The plan was designed to better balance each grouping of teams by time zone, as well as to cut the costs of travel western teams face.


2012–13 NHL season, League business, Proposed realignment
However, on January 6, 2012, the league announced that the National Hockey League Players' Association (NHLPA) had rejected the proposed realignment, delaying any future changes until at least 2013–14. NHLPA officers expressed a desire to see a draft schedule for the realignment, which the league had not completed.


2012–13 NHL season, League business, Salary cap
The NHL announced the revised salary cap on June 28, 2012. The salary cap figure is in effect until the end of the current collective bargaining agreement (CBA) with the Player's Association. The salary cap for players' salaries rose $5.9 million (USD) to $70.2 million per franchise. The salary floor, the minimum which franchises must spend, rose to $54.2 million.


2012–13 NHL season, League business, Salary cap
As part of the newly agreed upon CBA, the salary cap for teams will be $64.3 million per franchise, with a floor of $44 million.


2012–13 NHL season, League business, Change of venue
On October 24, 2012, the New York Islanders announced that the team had signed a 25-year lease with the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, starting in 2015 after the team's current lease for the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum expires. The arena, originally constructed as the home for the National Basketball Association's Brooklyn Nets, was intended to be expanded to meet NHL standards.


2012–13 NHL season, League business, Rule changes
With the ratification of the new collective bargaining agreement, several rule changes took effect this season.


2012–13 NHL season, Regular season
Originally planned for October 11, 2012, the lockout delay pushed the start of the 2012–13 season to January 19, 2013, with 12 games for the opening night. Each team played 18 games within its division (four or five games for each team) and 30 games against teams in the other division (three games for each team); no interconference games were played during the regular season. The regular season was shortened from 82 games down to 48, canceling 41.5 percent of the full regular season.


2012–13 NHL season, Regular season, Winter Classic
The 2013 NHL Winter Classic was scheduled to feature the Detroit Red Wings hosting the Toronto Maple Leafs at Michigan Stadium (the largest stadium in North America) in Ann Arbor, Michigan, but it was canceled due to the labour lockout. The game was played instead on January 1, 2014 at Michigan Stadium.


2012–13 NHL season, Regular season, All-Star Game
Originally scheduled to take place January 27, 2013, in Columbus, Ohio, the All-Star Game was canceled as a result of the ongoing lockout.


2012–13 NHL season, Regular season, European Premiere games
In past seasons, selected NHL teams began their season with exhibition games and the first two regular season games in European cities. In March 2012, the NHL announced that it had decided not to start the season with games in Europe, because of the upcoming Collective Bargaining Agreement negotiations and the surrounding uncertainty.


2012–13 NHL season, Regular season, European Premiere games
With the NHL not playing games in Europe, Russia's Kontinental Hockey League (against which the NHL has played several interleague competitions) was instead to come to the United States, with the NHL's blessing; the KHL was to feature two games between Dynamo Moscow and SKA Saint Petersburg at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on January 19 and 20, 2013.


2012–13 NHL season, Regular season, European Premiere games
However no agreement between the KHL and the Barclays Center had been signed, and the KHL announced the two games would be held in Russia; due to the NHL lockout, the signing of a 25-year lease with the New York Islanders, and pleas from the teams' fans to keep the games in Russia.


2012–13 NHL season, Regular season, Standings
Due to the lockout, each team played 48 games this season, all within their conference.


2012–13 NHL season, Playoffs
Because of the lockout and delayed start of the shortened regular season, the playoffs did not begin until April 30. The last possible date of Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals was then scheduled for June 28.


2012–13 NHL season, Playoffs
In each round, the highest remaining seed in each conference is matched against the lowest remaining seed. The higher-seeded team is awarded home ice advantage. In the Stanley Cup Finals, home ice is determined based on regular season points. As the Presidents' Trophy winners, the Blackhawks had home ice advantage in the 2013 Finals. Each best-of-seven series follows a 2–2–1–1–1 format: the higher-seeded team plays at home for games one and two (and games five and seven, if necessary), and the lower-seeded team is at home for games three and four (and game six, if necessary).


2012–13 NHL season, NHL awards
Awards were presented during the NHL Awards television specials on June 14–15, 2013. Finalists for voted awards are announced during the playoffs and winners are presented at the awards specials. Voting concluded immediately after the end of the regular season. The President's Trophy, the Prince of Wales Trophy and Campbell Bowls are not presented at the awards specials. The Lester Patrick is announced during the summer and presented in the fall. NHL Network U.S. and NHL Network Canada aired the first part of the awards presentation on June 14, while NBC Sports Network and CBC aired the second part on June 15 preceding Game 2 of the 2013 Stanley Cup Finals.


2012–13 NHL season, NHL awards, All-Star teams
Note: Alexander Ovechkin was listed as a Left Wing but played the majority of his games at Right Wing. Some members of the Professional Hockey Writers Association voted for him at Left Wing while others voted for him at Right Wing and consequently, Ovechkin placed twice on the NHL All-Star team.


2012–13 NHL season, Player statistics, Scoring leaders
The following players lead the league in points following the conclusion of the regular season.


2012–13 NHL season, Player statistics, Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalty minutes


2012–13 NHL season, Player statistics, Leading goaltenders
The following goaltenders lead the league in goals against average following the conclusion of the regular season while playing at least 1200 minutes.


2012–13 NHL season, Player statistics, Leading goaltenders
GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average


2012–13 NHL season, Milestones, First games
The following is a list of notable players who played their first NHL game in 2013, listed with their first team:


2012–13 NHL season, Milestones, Last games
The following is a list of players of note who played their last NHL game in 2012–13, listed with their team:


2012–13 NHL season, Notes
1: Michael Cammalleri had previously scored the 20,000th goal in Canadiens' franchise history on December 28, 2009. Cammalleri's mark included goals from the Canadiens time in the National Hockey Association.


2012–13 NHL suspensions and fines
The following is a list of all suspensions and fines enforced in the National Hockey League during the 2012–13 NHL season. It lists which players or coaches of what team have been punished for which offense and the amount of punishment they have received. The season was shortened to 48 games due to the 2012–13 NHL lockout. No pre-season games were played.


2012–13 NHL suspensions and fines, Suspensions
‡ - suspension covered at least one 2013 post-season game


2012–13 NHL suspensions and fines, Fines
Fines were changed for this season such that players can be fined up to 50% of one day's salary, up to a maximum of $10,000.00 U.S. for their first offense, and $15,000.00 U.S. for any subsequent offenses. The previous maximum fine before this season was only $2500.00 U.S., for players.


2012–13 NHL transactions
The following is a list of all team-to-team transactions that have occurred in the National Hockey League during the lockout shortened 2012–13 NHL season. It lists what team each player has been officially released by, traded to, signed by, or claimed by, and for which player(s) or draft pick(s), if applicable. Players who have retired are also listed.


2012–13 NHL transactions
The 2012–13 trade deadline was set for April 3, 2013, at 3 pm EST. Players involved in any trades after this deadline are ineligible to participate in the Stanley Cup playoffs.


2012–13 NHL transactions, Contract terminations
At any time, a team and a player can mutually agree to terminate a player's contract.


2012–13 NHL transactions, Contract terminations
Teams may buy out player contracts (after the conclusion of a season) for a portion of the remaining value of the contract, paid over a period of twice the remaining length of the contract. This reduced number and extended period is applied to the cap hit as well.


2012–13 NHL transactions, Contract terminations
All players must clear waivers before having a contract terminated. Injured players cannot be bought out.


2012–13 NHL transactions, Contract terminations
† - Following the 2012–13 NHL lockout each team was granted two compliance buyouts (to be exercised after the 2012–13 season and/or after the 2013–14 season that would not count against the salary cap in any further year, regardless of the player's age. After using an compliance buyout on a player, that player is prohibited from rejoining the team that bought him out for one year; the NHL deemed that the re-signing of a player following a trade and a subsequent compliance buyout would be ruled as cap circumvention.


2012–13 NHL transactions, Contract terminations
‡ - Following the 2012–13 NHL lockout each team was granted one accelerated compliance buyout on a player with a salary cap hit of $3 million U.S. or more before the regular season began. If an accelerated compliance buyout is used, that team will only have one more compliance buyout left, and they must use it after the completion of the 2012–13 season (and before the start of 2013–14 season). The player's cap hit is applied in full to the team's salary cap for the 2012–13 season, but for no season after, regardless of contract length.


2012–13 NHL transactions, Free agency, Offer sheets
An offer sheet is a contract offered to a restricted free agent by a team other than the one for which he played during the prior season. If the player signs the offer sheet, his current team has seven days to match the contract offer and keep the player or else he goes to the team that gave the offer sheet, with compensation going to his first team.


2012–13 NHL transactions, Trades
* - Following the 2012–13 NHL lockout each team was granted to have up to three contracts on their payroll where they have retained salary in a trade (i.e. the player no longer plays with Team A due to a trade to Team B, but Team A still retains some salary). Only up to 50% of a player's contract can be kept, and only up to 15% of a team's salary cap can be taken up by retained salary. A contract can only be involved in one of these trades twice.


2012–13 NHL transactions, Trades, June (2013)
For details concerning conditional draft picks see the appropriate Entry Draft pages.


2012–13 NHL transactions, Waivers
Once an NHL player has played in a certain number of games or a set number of seasons has passed since the signing of his first NHL contract (see here), that player must be offered to all of the other NHL teams before he can be assigned to a minor league affiliate.


2012–13 NJIT Highlanders men's basketball team
The 2012–13 NJIT Highlanders men's basketball team represented New Jersey Institute of Technology during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Highlanders, led by fifth year head coach Jim Engles, played their home games at the Fleisher Center and were members of the Great West Conference. They finished the season 16–13, 6–2 in Great West play to win the regular season conference championship. They lost in the semifinals of the Great West Tournament to Houston Baptist.


2012–13 NJIT Highlanders men's basketball team
This was their final year as a member of the Great West as the conference was disbanded when most of its members joined different conference beginning in the 2013–14 season. NJIT was unable to find conference membership and became the only Division I men's basketball independent for 2013–14.


2012–13 NK Maribor season
The 2012–13 season was the 53rd season in the history of NK Maribor and the club's 22nd consecutive season in the Slovenian PrvaLiga since the league establishment in 1991. The team participated in the Slovenian PrvaLiga, Slovenian Football Cup, UEFA Champions League, and UEFA Europa League. The season covers the period from 1 June 2012 to 31 May 2013. Darko Milanič was a head coach of the club.


2012–13 NK Maribor season, Supercup
The 2012 Slovenian Supercup was the eighth edition of the Slovenian Supercup, an annual football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Slovenian PrvaLiga and Slovenian Cup competitions. However, Maribor has won the double during the 2011–12 season, having finished first in the 2011–12 Slovenian PrvaLiga and 2011–12 Slovenian Cup. As a consequence and according to the rules of the Football Association of Slovenia, they played the 2012 Supercup against the runners-up of the PrvaLiga, Olimpija. This was the first major domestic cup final of Olimpija, since the club was established in 2005. Maribor won the match 2–1 and secured their second supercup title.


2012–13 NK Maribor season, Supercup
Colour key: Green = Maribor win; Yellow = draw; Red = opponents win.


2012–13 NK Maribor season, Slovenian League, Matches
Colour key: Green = Maribor win; Yellow = draw; Red = opponents win.


2012–13 NK Maribor season, Slovenian Cup
Colour key: Green = Maribor win; Yellow = draw; Red = opponents win.


2012–13 NK Maribor season, European campaign, UEFA Champions League
Qualified as the 2012–13 Slovenian PrvaLiga champions, Maribor started their European campaign in the second qualifying round of the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League against Bosnian Premier League champions Željezničar. This was the first meeting in UEFA competitions between Maribor and a team from Bosnia and Herzegovina. The first leg was played at the Ljudski vrt stadium, the home of Maribor. The match started poorly for the home side as shortly after the missed scoring opportunity from Ibraimi, Maribor soon found themselves a goal behind when Adilović scored the opener in the 15th minute.


2012–13 NK Maribor season, European campaign, UEFA Champions League
Maribor then took control and tried to score an equalizer before half time, however, they were unsuccessful and the score was 1–0, in favour of the Bosnian side, at the 45 minute mark. Maribor dominated during the second half and was able to capitalize on their chances. Berić scored the first goal for the home side in the 47th minute, with Mezga adding the second one in the 67th, from penalty. Berić, who was man of the match, scored his second goal in the 76th minute, giving his side a 3–1 lead.


2012–13 NK Maribor season, European campaign, UEFA Champions League
He did not stop there as in the 90th minute he assisted team captain Tavares, who scored his first goal of the season, for the final score 4–1. The second leg was played a week later in Sarajevo and was followed by over 500 Maribor supporters. Željezničar plays their home matches at Grbavica Stadium, however, their stadium did not meet UEFA stadia criteria and they were forced to play at Asim Ferhatović Hase Olympic stadium.


2012–13 NK Maribor season, European campaign, UEFA Champions League
The home side needed a three goals victory to progress to the next round and had couple of chances to score early in the match, including a disallowed goal from Adilović who was in offside position. Their plans for an early lead were shattered, however, when Ibraimi scored from a long range effort in the 20th minute, which was the only goal during the first half. Second half started poorly for the Bosnians when Čolić received his second booking and was subsequently sent off. Željezničar bounced back in the 59th minute when Kvesić scored an equalizer.


2012–13 NK Maribor season, European campaign, UEFA Champions League
However, soon afterwards the nervous home players received two red cards in a matter of minutes and had to finish the match with only eight players. Maribor then prevailed, took the ball possession and finished the match with the goal from Tavares, for the final score of the match 2–1, and 6–2 aggregate.


2012–13 NK Maribor season, European campaign, UEFA Champions League
In the third qualifying round, Maribor faced Dudelange from Luxembourg, a team which made a huge upset by eliminating the Austrian champions Salzburg. This was the second year in a row for Maribor to face Dudelange. During the 2011–12 season Maribor played against them in the second qualifying round of the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League and was successful with two victories and the score 5–1 aggregate. The first match against the Luxembourg champions was played on 1 August 2012 at Ljudski vrt.


2012–13 NK Maribor season, European campaign, UEFA Champions League
Being fully aware that a two-legged victory over Dudelange secures, at least, the UEFA Europa League group stages, Maribor players started their home match strong and quickly took the lead with a free kick goal by Mezga. Another free kick goal followed in the 38th minute when Mezga left the ball to Tavares who scored with a strong shot to the lower left corner, for the half-time score 2–0. It took only two minutes of the second half for the home players to score the third goal, when Mezga scored another long range effort from outside of the penalty box.


2012–13 NK Maribor season, European campaign, UEFA Champions League
In the 77th minute Berić continued his good form, having scored his third goal in as many 2012–13 UEFA qualifying matches. This goal was not the last, however, as Joachim took advantage of a mistake from Rajčević and scored in the 92nd minute for the final score 4–1. One week later Maribor again proved to strong for the Luxembourg champions and won 1–0, with the goal by Mertelj in the 79th minute. Similarly to the 2011–12 season Maribor again secured two victories over Dudelange, with the score 5–1 aggregate.


2012–13 NK Maribor season, European campaign, UEFA Champions League
For the play-off round of the elite UEFA Champions League, Maribor was drawn together with Croatian champions Dinamo Zagreb. This was the second time the two clubs have met in the UEFA competitions, having faced each other during the 2003–04 UEFA Champions League qualifying stages, when Dinamo secured a close 2–1 aggregate victory. The first leg was played at Maksimir stadium in front of 20,135 spectators, over 1,000 of which were Maribor supporters, a record for the most fans gathered on Maribor's away matches. Dinamo were the favorites and took an early lead with a goal by Duje Čop.


2012–13 NK Maribor season, European campaign, UEFA Champions League
Dinamo continued to play well and had couple of more chances, but it was Maribor who scored the second goal, from an own goal scored by Dinamo's captain Milan Badelj. Both teams had chances to take the lead in the second half and in the 74th minut Badelj scored another goal. This time it was in the right net and Dinamo regained their lead. Shortly afterwards Maribor's Robert Berić had a good chance to equalize, but was unsuccessful.


2012–13 NK Maribor season, European campaign, UEFA Champions League
Right at the end, Sammir had a good chance to increase the lead of the home team, however, his free-kick attempt narrowly missed the target. The second leg in Maribor saw a turn out of 12,420 spectators, the most of the 2012–13 season, which were expecting a good result from the home side and the qualification to the Champions league for the first time in almost 10 years.


2012–13 NK Maribor season, European campaign, UEFA Champions League
The Croatians, however, proved again to be too strong and after taking another early lead, they comfortably held the positive result right until the very end, with couple of good chances to increase the lead. Dinamo thus won the second leg with an away 1–0 victory, aggregate 3–1, and advanced to the Champions league group stages for the second successive season. Even though, they were defeated, Maribor advanced to the group stages of the UEFA Europa League.


2012–13 NK Maribor season, European campaign, UEFA Champions League, Second qualifying round
Colour key: Green = Maribor win; Yellow = draw; Red = opponents win.


2012–13 NK Maribor season, European campaign, UEFA Champions League, Third qualifying round
Colour key: Green = Maribor win; Yellow = draw; Red = opponents win.


2012–13 NK Maribor season, European campaign, UEFA Champions League, Play-off round
Colour key: Green = Maribor win; Yellow = draw; Red = opponents win.


2012–13 NK Maribor season, European campaign, UEFA Europa League, Group J
Colour key: Green = Maribor win; Yellow = draw; Red = opponents win.


2012–13 NK Maribor season, Friendlies
Colour key: Green = Maribor win; Yellow = draw; Red = opponents win.


2012–13 NK Maribor season, Squad statistics, Appearances and goals
Correct as of 29 May 2013, end of the 2012–13 season. Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. The players squad numbers, playing positions, nationalities and statistics are based solely on match reports in Matches sections above and the official website of NK Maribor and the Slovenian PrvaLiga. Only the players, which made at least one appearance for the first team, are listed.


2012–13 NK Maribor season, Squad statistics, Discipline
Correct as of 29 May 2013, end of the 2012–13 season. Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. The players squad numbers, playing positions, nationalities and statistics are based solely on match reports in Matches sections above and the official website of NK Maribor and the Slovenian PrvaLiga. If a player received two yellow cards in a match and was subsequently sent off the numbers count as two yellow cards, one red card.


2012–13 NK Osijek season
This article shows statistics of individual players for the Osijek football club. It also lists all matches that Osijek played in the 2012–13 season.


2012–13 NK Osijek season, First-team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2012–13 NK Osijek season, Player seasonal records
Competitive matches only. Updated to games played 20 April 2013.


2012–13 NK Slaven Belupo season
This article shows statistics of individual players for the Slaven Belupo football club. It also lists all matches that Slaven Belupo played in the 2012–13 season.


2012–13 NK Slaven Belupo season, First-team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2012–13 NK Slaven Belupo season, Player seasonal records
Competitive matches only. Updated to games played 26 May 2013.


2012–13 NLA season
The 2012–13 National League A season is the sixth ice hockey season of Switzerland's top hockey league, the National League A. Overall, it is the 75th season of Swiss professional hockey.


2012–13 NLA season, Relegation Playoffs
The bottom 4 teams of the National League A will compete in a losing team advances tournament to determine if they should stay in the League. The loser of this tournament will compete against the champions of the National League B to determine which league they will play in next season.


2012–13 NLA season, Playdowns
The SCL Tigers were defeated by Lausanne HC, champions of the National League B, in the promotion/relegation games with a series of 4-2. The 12th team of the National League A for the season 2013/2014 will be Lausanne HC.


2012–13 NOFV-Oberliga
The 2012–13 season of the NOFV-Oberliga was the fifth season of the league at tier five (V) of the German football league system.


2012–13 NOFV-Oberliga
The NOFV-Oberliga was split into two divisions, the NOFV-Oberliga Nord and the NOFV-Oberliga Süd.


2012–13 NOJHL season
The 2012–13 NOJHL season was the 35th season of the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League (NOJHL). The seven teams of the NOJHL played 48-game schedules.


2012–13 NOJHL season
Come February, the top teams of each division will play down for the Copeland-McNamara Trophy, the NOJHL championship. The winner of the Copeland-McNamara Trophy will compete in the Central Canadian Junior "A" championship, the Dudley Hewitt Cup. If successful against the winners of the Ontario Junior Hockey League and Superior International Junior Hockey League, the champion would then move on to play in the Canadian Junior Hockey League championship, the 2013 Royal Bank Cup.


2012–13 NOJHL season, Current Standings
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime Losses; SL = Shootout Losses; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against; PTS = Points; x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched division title; z = clinched conference title


2012–13 NOJHL season, Dudley Hewitt Cup Championship
Hosted by the North Bay Trappers in North Bay, Ontario. North Bay finished 4th, while the Soo Thunderbirds finished 3rd.


2012–13 NOJHL season, Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes


2012–13 NOJHL season, Leading goaltenders
Note: 1000 Minutes minimum; GP = Games Played; Mins = Minutes Played; W = Wins; L = Losses: OTL = Overtime Losses; SL = Shootout Losses; GA = Goals Allowed; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals Against Average


2012–13 NTFL season
The 2012/13 NTFL season was the 92nd season of the Northern Territory Football League (NTFL).


2012–13 NTFL season
St Marys have won there 29th premiership title while defeating the Tiwi Bombers in the grand final by 31 points.


2012–13 Nashville Predators season
The 2012–13 Nashville Predators season was the team's 15th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The regular season was reduced from its usual 82 games to 48 due to the 2012–13 NHL lockout.


2012–13 Nashville Predators season, Off-season
After already losing one half of their All-Star defensive core to free agency when Ryan Suter signed with the Minnesota Wild, on July 19, 2012, Shea Weber signed an offer sheet from the Philadelphia Flyers. The Predators had seven days to decide whether to match the offer, opting to do so on July 24 to keep Weber in a Predators uniform.


2012–13 Nashville Predators season, Regular season
The Predators scored 109 goals (excluding three shootout-winning goals) over the lockout-shortened season of 48 games, tied for 30th overall with the Florida Panthers. The Predators were also shut out a league-high nine times, tied with the Phoenix Coyotes.


2012–13 Nashville Predators season, Playoffs
For the first time since the 2008-09 season, the Predators missed the playoffs.


2012–13 Nashville Predators season, Player stats
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Predators. Stats reflect time with the Predators only. ‡Traded mid-seasonBold/italics denotes franchise record


2012–13 Nashville Predators season, Transactions
The Predators have been involved in the following transactions during the 2012–13 season.


2012–13 Nashville Predators season, Draft picks
Nashville's picks at the 2012 NHL Entry Draft in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.


2012–13 National First Division
The 2012–13 National First Division was played from September 2012 until May 2013, and is the second tier of South Africa's professional football. Polokwane City won the league, earning promotion to the 2013–14 South African Premier Division. Santos and Mpumalanga Black Aces finished second and third respectively, qualifying for the 2012–13 PSL Playoff Tournament, which Mpumalanga Black Aces won, also earning them promotion to the 2013–14 South African Premier Division.


2012–13 National First Division
Clubs played a varying number of games over the course of the season due to a number of boycotts which took place at the beginning of the season.


2012–13 National League 1
The 2012–13 National League 1 was the fourth season of the third tier of the English domestic rugby union competitions since the professionalised format of the second division was introduced. New teams to the division included Esher who were relegated from the 2011–12 RFU Championship, Loughborough Students who were promoted as champions from the 2011–12 National League 2 North along with Old Albanian (champions) and Richmond (playoffs) who came up from the 2011–12 National League 2 South.


2012–13 National League 1
Ealing Trailfinders finished in first place and, as champions, were promoted to the 2013–14 RFU Championship for next season. Macclesfield, Sedgley Park and Cambridge were relegated to the fourth tier, the first two named, to the 2013–14 National League 2 North and Cambridge to the 2013–14 National League 2 South.


2012–13 National League 1, Season records, Team
104 - 5 Rosslyn Park at home to Cambridge on 12 January 2013


2012–13 National League 1, Season records, Team
105 - 12 Loughborough Students away to Sedgley Park on 4 May 2013


2012–13 National League 1, Season records, Team
Rosslyn Park at home to Cambridge on 12 January 2013Loughborough Students away to Sedgley Park on 4 May 2013


2012–13 National League 1, Season records, Team
Loughborough Students away to Sedgley Park on 4 May 2013


2012–13 National League 1, Season records, Player
Stuart Hall for Loughborough Students away to Sedgley Park on 4 May 2013


2012–13 National League 1, Season records, Player
Hugo Ellis for Rosslyn Park at home to Cambridge on 12 January 2013


2012–13 National League 1, Season records, Player
Tom Wheatcroft for Ealing Trailfinders away to Blackheath on 13 October 2012


2012–13 National League 1, Season records, Attendances
Richmond at home to Rosslyn Park on 27 October 2012


2012–13 National League 1, Season records, Attendances
Sedgley Park at home to Loughborough Students on 4 May 2013


2012–13 National League 2 North
The 2012–13 National League 2 North was the third season (twenty-sixth overall) of the fourth tier (north) of the English domestic rugby union competitions since the professionalised format of the second division was introduced. The league system was 4 points for a win, 2 points for a draw and additional bonus points being awarded for scoring 4 or more tries and/or losing within 7 points of the victorious team. In terms of promotion the league champions would go straight up into National League 1 while the runners up would have a one-game playoff against the runners up from National League 2 South (at the home ground of the club with the superior league record) for the final promotion place.


2012–13 National League 2 North
The league title battle was extremely tight this year with Hull Ionians eventually taking the championship and promotion to the 2013–14 National League 1 ahead of Stourbridge with both sides dead level on points but Ionians having more wins despite Stourbridge having a much better for/against record and more bonus points.


2012–13 National League 2 North
As runners up Stourbridge faced the 2012–13 National League 2 South runners up Worthing Raiders in what would be a very close game - losing 26 - 28 to the south coast side - meaning that the Stourton Park-based side would not have an instant return to National League 1. At the other end of the table Huddersfield were easily the weakest team in the division and were the first to be relegated, with the more competitive Stockport and Westoe being the other two sides to follow them by the end of the season. All three sides would drop down to National League 3 North for the following season.


2012–13 National League 2 North, Participating teams and locations
Twelve of the teams listed below participated in the 2011–12 National League 2 North season; Stourbridge and Birmingham & Solihull were relegated from the 2011–12 National League 1 while Dudley Kingswinford came up from National League 3 Midlands as playoff winners along with Darlington Mowden Park who were champions of National League 3 North.


2012–13 National League 2 North, Participating teams and locations
Rugby Lions had won the National League 3 Midlands title and were expected to join the 2012–13 National League 2 South instead of National League 2 North but went into liquidation over the summer and dropped out of the leagues leaving the southern division with just 15 teams. The season also saw newly demoted Birmingham & Solihull move from ground-sharing with a local football team at Damson Park to their former training base Portway. Another team would switch grounds during the season, with Darlington Mowden Park playing their first game at the 25,000 capacity The Northern Echo Arena (former home of the ill-fated football team Darlington F.C.) on 2 February 2013 against Bromsgrove.


2012–13 National League 2 North, Results, Promotion Play-Off
Each season, the runners–up in the National League 2 South and National League 2 North participate in a play–off for promotion into National League 1. Stourbridge as runners-up in the north had the better league record than southern counterparts Worthing Raiders and would host the game.


2012–13 National League 2 North, Season records, Team
69 - 5 Darlington Mowden Park at home to Huddersfield on 23 February 201383 - 19 Preston Grasshoppers at home to Leicester Lions on 20 April 2013


2012–13 National League 2 North, Season records, Team
64 - 5 Luctonians away to Huddersfield on 20 April 2013


2012–13 National League 2 North, Season records, Team
83 - 19 Preston Grasshoppers at home to Leicester Lions on 20 April 2013


2012–13 National League 2 North, Season records, Team
Preston Grasshoppers at home to Leicester Lions on 20 April 2013


2012–13 National League 2 North, Season records, Team
Darlington Mowden Park away to Birmingham & Solihull on 15 September 2012Hull at home to Otley on 13 October 2012Birmingham & Solihull at home to Bromsgrove on 17 November 2012


2012–13 National League 2 North, Season records, Player
Sean Taylor for Preston Grasshoppers at home to Leicester Lions on 20 April 2013


2012–13 National League 2 North, Season records, Player
Shaun McCartney for Darlington Mowden Park at home to Bromsgrove on 2 February 2013 James Twomey for Otley at home to Dudley Kingswinford on 27 April 2013 Adam Birchall for Preston Grasshoppers at home to Luctonians on 11 May 2013


2012–13 National League 2 North, Season records, Player
Gregory Lound for Hull at home to Otley on 13 October 2012 Jack Jolly for Birmingham & Solihull at home to Bromsgrove on 17 November 2012


2012–13 National League 2 North, Season records, Attendances
Darlington Mowden Park at home to Bromsgrove on 2 February 2013


2012–13 National League 2 North, Season records, Attendances
Westoe at home to Darlington Mowden Park on 22 December 2012


2012–13 National League 2 South
The 2012–13 National League 2 South was the fourth season (26th overall) of the fourth tier (south) of the English domestic rugby union competitions since the professionalised format of the second division was introduced. The league system was 4 points for a win, 2 points for a draw and additional bonus points being awarded for scoring 4 or more tries and/or losing within 7 points of the victorious team. In terms of promotion the league champions would go straight up into National League 1 while the runners up would have a one-game playoff against the runners up from National League 2 North (at the home ground of the club with the superior league record) for the final promotion place.


2012–13 National League 2 South
Henley Hawks, as champions, were promoted to the third tier (2013–14 National League 1) for next season, along with Worthing Raiders who finished second. Worthing beat the 2012–13 National League 2 North runners up Stourbridge 28–26 to win the annual promotion playoff. Barking and Lydney were both relegated to National League 3 South West and National League 3 London & SE respectively with Barking winning just one game in what was a very poor season. As well as winning the league Henley Hawks also saw a divisional record attendance at Dry Leas with 3,270 fans turning up to the last game of the season - the championship decider against Worthing Raiders which Henley won 55 - 27 to seal the title for the Oxfordshire club.


2012–13 National League 2 South, Participating teams
Twelve of the teams listed below participated in the 2011–12 National League 2 South season. Barking were relegated from National League 1 after just one season and both Bournemouth and Chinnor were promoted from National League 3 South West. Rugby Lions were on the original fixture list after winning promotion from National League 3 Midlands but during July 2012 they went into liquidation and were unable to participate in the division, leaving fifteen teams instead of the usual sixteen.


2012–13 National League 2 South, Promotion play–off
Each season, the runners–up in the National League 2 South and National League 2 North participate in a play–off for promotion into National League 1. The team with the best playing record, in this case northern runners up Stourbridge, would gain the home advantage with southern runners up Worthing Raiders having to travel up to the Midlands for the game.


2012–13 National League 2 South, Season records, Team
74 - 0 Taunton Titans at home to Barking on 17 November 2012


2012–13 National League 2 South, Season records, Team
85 - 3 Henley Hawks away to Barking on 27 October 2012


2012–13 National League 2 South, Season records, Team
Hartpury College away to Dings Crusaders on 17 November 2012Dings Crusaders away to Lydney on 1 December 2012


2012–13 National League 2 South, Season records, Team
Launceston away to Hartpury College on 5 January 2013Southend Saxons away to Worthing Raiders on 30 March 2013


2012–13 National League 2 South, Season records, Player
Kieron Lewitt for Launceston at home to Barking on 6 April 2013


2012–13 National League 2 South, Season records, Player
Gareth Evans for Hartpury College at home to Clifton on 27 April 2013


2012–13 National League 2 South, Season records, Player
James Combden for Henley Hawks away to Barking on 27 October 2012


2012–13 National League 2 South, Season records, Player
Luke Cozens for Hartpury College away to Dings Crusaders on 17 November 2012 Danial Trigg for Dings Crusaders away to Lydney on 1 December 2012


2012–13 National League 2 South, Season records, Player
Jake Murphy for Launceston away to Hartpury College on 5 January 2013 Robert Kirby for Southend Saxons away to Worthing Raiders on 30 March 2013


2012–13 National League 2 South, Season records, Attendances
Henley Hawks at home against Worthing Raiders on 4 May 2013


2012–13 National League 2 South, Season records, Attendances
Barking at home against Taunton Titans on 30 March 20131


2012–13 National League B season
The 2012–13 National League B season was played from September 14, 2012 to February 10, 2013. The regular season was won by HC Ajoie with 105 points.


2012–13 National League B season, League Qualification
Lausanne HC will play the losing team of a Play-Out tournament from the National League A for the 12th and final spot in the top division next year.


2012–13 National One Day Cup
The Faysal Bank One Day Cup (aka National One-day Championship) is the premier List A cricket domestic competition in Pakistan, which was held from 5 to 22 March 2013.


2012–13 National T20 Cup
The 2012–13 Faysal Bank T20 Cup was the ninth season of the Faysal Bank T20 Cup in Pakistan, which was held from  1 to 9 December 2012. The winning team will receive Rs 20 million as prize money and while the runners-up will receive Rs 10 million. This was also the last tournament played and was replaced with the Pakistan Super League.


2012–13 National T20 Cup, Statistics
The tables below show the top five holders for each class of record. If the fifth place is shared then all holders are shown. Last updated on 10 December 2012


2012–13 National Youth League (Australia)
The 2012–13 A-League National Youth League was the fifth season of the Australian A-League National Youth League competition. The season ran in parallel with the 2012–13 A-League season. The new Western Sydney Wanderers played their inaugural season in the league, replacing the defunct Gold Coast United team.


2012–13 National Youth League (Australia), Top goalscorers
Goal scored from penalty kick      Two goals scored from penalty kick


2012–13 Navy Midshipmen men's basketball team
The 2012–13 Navy Midshipmen men's basketball team represented the United States Naval Academy during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Midshipmen, led by second year head coach Ed DeChellis, played their home games at Alumni Hall and were members of the Patriot League. They finished the season 8–23, 2–12 in Patriot League play to finish in last place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Patriot League Tournament to Bucknell.


2012–13 Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball team
The 2012–13 Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Led by head coach Tim Miles, in his first season with the Cornhuskers. The team will play its home games in Bob Devaney Sports Center in Lincoln, Nebraska, and were a member of the Big Ten Conference. This was their final season at the Bob Devaney Sports Center before moving into their new arena, Pinnacle Bank Arena, for the 2013-14 season.


2012–13 Nedbank Cup
Nedbank Cup is a South African club football (soccer) tournament. The knockout tournament, based on the English FA Cup format, was one of a weak opponent facing a stronger one. The competition was sponsored by ABSA until 2007, after which Nedbank took over sponsorship.


2012–13 Nedbank Cup
The winner of the 2012–13 Nedbank Cup will qualify for the 2014 CAF Confederation Cup.


2012–13 Nedbank Cup, Format
The 16 Premier Soccer League clubs, 8 National First Division teams, as well as 8 teams from the amateur ranks compete for the prize money of R6 million. The winner also qualifies for the CAF Confederation Cup.


2012–13 Nedbank Cup, Format
The preliminary round features all 16 National First Division teams and will be reduced to eight when the teams play on 12 December 2012.


2012–13 Nedbank Cup, Format
The teams are not seeded at any stage, and the first 16 sides drawn out of the hat receive a home-ground advantage. There are no longer any replays in the tournament, and any games which end in a draw after 90 minutes are subject to 30 minutes extra time followed by penalties if necessary.


2012–13 Nedbank Cup, Teams
The 32 teams competing in the Nedbank Cup competition are: (listed according to their league that they are playing in).


2012–13 Nedbank Cup, Results, Preliminary Round
The preliminary round will see National First Division sides play each other is a knockout round to decide who will compete in the 2013 Nedbank Cup. All the game were scheduled to be played on 12 December 2012, but were postponed to 12 February 2013 due to a technical issue regarding the validity of the Rules for the preliminary qualification round  and the winners of each game will go into the draw to determine the fixtures for the first round.


2012–13 Nedbank Cup, Results, First Round (Round of 32)
The draw for the First round of the Nedbank Cup was done on Monday 15 January 2013. The first round ties will be played the weekend of February 22–24 and February 27, with the exact dates, venues and kick-off times to be decided by the PSL Cup Committee.


2012–13 Neftchi Baku PFK season
The Neftchi Baku 2012–13 season is Neftchi Baku's 21st Azerbaijan Premier League season, and their third season under manager Boyukagha Hajiyev. Neftchi participated in the Second and Third UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds, defeating FC Zestafoni of Georgia in the Second round before losing to Ironi Kiryat Shmona of Israel in the Third round. This meant that they dropped down into the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League Play Off Round, where they defeated APOEL of Cyprus 4–2 on aggregate to qualify for the group stages of the Europa League for the first time. In the group stages they were drawn against FK Partizan of Serbia, Rubin Kazan of Russia and Internazionale of Italy. They also won the Azerbaijan Premier League for the 3rd time in a row, and completed a domestic double by defeating Khazar Lankaran on penalties in the Azerbaijan Cup final.


2012–13 Neftchi Baku PFK season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2012–13 Neftchi Baku PFK season, Squad, Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2012–13 Neftchi Baku PFK season, Transfers, Summer
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2012–13 Neftchi Baku PFK season, Transfers, Summer
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2012–13 Neftchi Baku PFK season, Transfers, Winter
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2012–13 Neftchi Baku PFK season, Transfers, Winter
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2012–13 Nemzeti Bajnokság I
The 2012–13 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, also known as NB I, was the 111th season of top-tier football in Hungary. The league is officially named OTP Bank Liga for sponsorship reasons. The season began 27 July 2012 and ended on 2 June 2013. Debrecen were the defending champions having won their sixth Hungarian championship last season.


2012–13 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, Teams
Zalaegerszegi TE and Vasas SC finished the 2011–12 season in the last two places and thus were relegated to their respective NB II divisions.


2012–13 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, Teams
The two relegated teams were replaced with the champions of the two 2011–12 NB II groups, Eger of the East Group and MTK of the West Group. MTK made their immediate comeback to the league, while Eger returned to the competition for the first time since the 1986–87 season.


2012–13 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, Teams, Stadia and locations
Following is the list of clubs competing in 2012–13 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, with their location, stadium and stadium capacity.


2012–13 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, Teams, Personnel and kits
Following is the list of clubs competing in 2012–13 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, with their manager, captain, kit manufacturer and shirt sponsor. Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2012–13 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (men's handball), Regular season, Standings
Pld - Played; W - Won; L - Lost; PF - Points for; PA - Points against; Diff - Difference; Pts - Points.


2012–13 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (women's handball)
The 2012–13 Nemzeti Bajnokság I was the sixty-second edition of the top level championship in the Hungarian team handball for women. The regular season began on 31 August 2012 and concluded on 31 March 2013, followed by the classification rounds and the playoff finals.


2012–13 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (women's handball)
Defending champions Győri ETO KC won the regular season with an almost perfect performance: 21 victories on 22 games and only one draw against their rival Ferencvárosi TC, last season's runners-up. This year's final also confronted Győr to Ferencváros, after both teams had easily won their semi-finals against Váci NKSE and Érd NK. Unlike last season's final, Ferencváros did not challenge the eventual champion as Győr won both legs by six and seventeen goals and so became Hungarian champion for the tenth time.


2012–13 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (women's handball), Overview, Teams
This year, twelve teams competed in the championship: eleven clubs from the past season and only one promoted team from the second division, Budapest SE, the winner of the Eastern group. It was the first time that this club had played in the elite. As per the previous edition, the winner of the Western group, Mohácsi TE announced that they didn't want to be promoted. As a result, last season's eleventh placed Kiskunhalas NKSE escaped relegation and stayed in the first division.


2012–13 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (women's handball), Overview, Teams
The league comprised two teams from the capital Budapest (Ferencváros and BSE); two clubs from Central Hungary (Érd and Vác); two from the Southern Great Plain (Békéscsaba and Kiskunhalas); three from Central Transdanubia (Veszprém, Fehérvár, Dunaújváros) and only one team from Western Transdanubia (Győr) and the Northern Great Plain (DVSC).


2012–13 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (women's handball), Overview, Teams
As Hungarian champion, Győri Audi ETO KC entered the Group Phase of the EHF Champions League while EHF Cup Winners' Cup's winner FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria also reached the Top 16 after beating IUVENTA Michalovce in the Qualification Round. Third and fourth placed Siófok KC and Érdi VSE played in the EHF Cup. It was the first participation in a European Cup for either team. Finally, the runner-up and the bronze medallist of the Hungarian Cup, Váci NSKE and Békéscsabai ENKSE, competed in the EHF Cup Winners' Cup.


2012–13 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (women's handball), Postseason, Classification Round 9–12
Teams finishing in bottom four places at the close of the regular season entered a classification round, for which a double round-robin system was used. According to their final position in the regular season, these four teams were awarded bonus points. Ninth placed Siófok got four points, tenth placed Békéscsaba received three points, eleventh placed Debrecen got two points and finally last placed BSE were awarded only one point.


2012–13 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (women's handball), Postseason, Classification Round 9–12
Additional points that were awarded after the final positions in the regular season are indicated in the bonus points column.


2012–13 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (women's handball), Postseason, Classification Round 5–8
Teams finished between fifth and eight place also played a play off round. Similarly to the bottom four Classification Round, these four teams were given points depending on their final placement in the regular season.


2012–13 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (women's handball), Postseason, Classification Round 5–8
Additional points that were awarded after the final positions in the regular season are indicated in bonus points column.


2012–13 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (women's handball), Final standing
2 Although finishing in sixth place, Kiskunhalas NKSE withdrew from the elite.


2012–13 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (women's handball), Final standing
3 Since both 2012–2013 Magyar Kupa finalists Győri Audi ETO KC and FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria qualified for the 2013–14 EHF Champions League Group Phase and Qualification Round, the EHF Cup Winners' Cup spot was passed to cup third Veszprém Barabás Duna Takarék KC.


2012–13 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (women's handball), Final standing
4 Despite finishing in the relegation zone, DVSC-Fórum remained in the elite, because Mohácsi TE, winner of the Eastern Group of the second division, declined promotion to the Nemzeti Bajnokság I.


2012–13 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (women's handball), Final standing
5 Because of Kiskunhals NKSE's withdrawal, Budapest SE could stay in the first division.


2012–13 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (women's handball), Final standing
Eduarda Amorim, Anita Görbicz, Ana Gros, Orsolya Herr, Ágnes Hornyák, Dóra Hornyák, Dorina Korsós, Anikó Kovacsics, Andrea Lekić, Heidi Løke, Katrine Lunde Haraldsen, Adrienn Orbán, Jovanka Radičević, Nadine Schatzl, Viktória Rédei-Soós, Szederke Sirián, Ivett Szepesi and Raphaëlle Tervel. Head Coach: Ambros Martín.


2012–13 Nemzeti Bajnokság II
Zalaegerszegi TE and Vasas SC finished the 2011–12 season in the bottom two places of the table and thus were relegated to their respective NB II divisions. Vasas ended an 8-year stay in the top league. Zalaegerszeg ended an 18-year stay in the top league. The two relegated teams were replaced with the champions of the two 2011–12 NB II groups, Egri FC of the East Group and MTK Budapest FC of the West Group. MTK made their immediate comeback to the league, while Eger returned to the competition after an absence of 26 seasons.


2012–13 Nemzeti Bajnokság III
The 2012–13 Nemzeti Bajnokság III is Hungary's third-level football competition.


2012–13 Nevada Wolf Pack men's basketball team
The 2012–13 Nevada Wolf Pack men's basketball team represented the University of Nevada, Reno during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Wolf Pack, led by fourth year head coach David Carter, played their home games at the Lawlor Events Center and were new members of the Mountain West Conference. They finish with a record of 12–19 overall, 3–13 in Mountain West play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the Mountain West Tournament to Wyoming.


2012–13 New Hampshire Wildcats men's basketball team
The 2012–13 New Hampshire Wildcats men's basketball team  represented the University of New Hampshire during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by eighth-year-head-coach Bill Herrion, played their home-games at Lundholm Gym and were members of the America East Conference. They finished the season 9–20, 5–11 in American East play to finish in a tie for sixth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the American East Tournament to Vermont.


2012–13 New Jersey Devils season
The 2012–13 New Jersey Devils season was the 39th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 11, 1974, and 31st season since the franchise relocated from Colorado to New Jersey to start the 1982–83 season. The regular season was reduced from its usual 82 games to 48 due to a lockout.


2012–13 New Jersey Devils season
The defending Stanley Cup runners-up were eliminated from the playoff race after a 4–1 loss to the New York Rangers on April 21, 2013.


2012–13 New Jersey Devils season, Off-season
Entering the off season, the Devils were faced with a major dilemma of having over ten unrestricted free agents, including captain Zach Parise. The Devils were able to resign goaltenders Martin Brodeur and Johan Hedberg, defenseman Bryce Salvador and several others, but lost Parise to the Minnesota Wild.


2012–13 New Jersey Devils season, Pre-season
On July 19, the New Jersey Devils announced their 2012 pre-season schedule. The team would have played seven pre-season games, including a game against the New York Islanders at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, but all pre-season games were eventually cancelled due to the lockout.