The NHL hasn’t restarted this paused season yet but there is reportedly a planned date for the start of next season.
TSN reported on Wednesday night that as part of the memorandum of understanding between the NHL and NHL Players’ Association for the return-to-play format/Collective Bargaining Agreement that must still be ratified by the league’s Board of Governors and the NHLPA’s full member, the 2020-21 season will tentatively begin on Dec. 1.
That is just one of several key dates in the MOU.
Formal training camps for the resumption of this season – paused on March 12 because of the COVID-19 pandemic – are scheduled to open on Monday.