NHL, union announce plan to resume play on Aug. 1
FILE: Minnesota Wild goalie Alex Stalock deflects the puck in the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Dallas Stars.[AP/Stacy Bengs]
The National Hockey League and NHL Players’ Association have reached a tentative agreement to return to play this season and extend their collective bargaining agreement by four years.
Training camps would open next Monday, July 13, and games would resume Aug. 1 if approved by the league’s board of governors and players’ executive committee and full membership.
The NHL is going straight to the playoffs with 24 teams resuming play. Those teams will travel to one of two “hub” cities July 26.
For the Wild, it would be a best-of-5 series vs. Vancouver in Edmonton.