Hockey is coming back! Official approval of the tentative plans to stage a 2020-21 season is expected very soon. So with so much information out there, we thought we’d combine it in one handy place.
Key in-season dates
Training camp opens on Jan. 3 – Dec. 31 for the seven teams that didn’t play in the 2020 playoffs. Players are allowed to opt out of the season, too: the opt-out deadline is Dec. 27 for the playoff teams and Dec. 24 for the non-playoff teams.
There will be no exhibition games.
The season will begin Jan.