When NHL training camps open July 10, players won’t be in any kind of bubble environment, the league said on Friday.
“Phase 3 (training camps) is conducted at each team’s practice facility with the players living at their homes,’’ an NHL spokesman wrote in an email to Newsday. “They have to be tested and keep themselves as isolated as possible to maintain their health and ensure they can get to Phase 4.’’
The NHL has been on pause since March 12, due to the coronavirus. But under what it called Phase 2 of its return to play plan, teams were allowed to open their training facilities June 8 to voluntary small group workouts and skating by players.