Notes from Day One of Lightning Training Camp

Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports We’re back, folks. After 142 days of no hockey and plenty of speculation as to whether or not we’d ever see the 2019-2020 season resume, we have the beginning of the return: training camps. The Tampa Bay Lightning took to the ice today in two sessions of fourteen skaters and two goaltenders to kick off their Return to Play Phase III training camp. Here’s what I took note of on day one.

Coaches and players didn’t wear facemasks while on the ice, but training and medical staff did. Once the players and coaches left the ice they donned facemasks.

Participation Groups

The Lightning have 33 players listed for training camp, split into two groups. Today, only 32 were…