The Carolina Hurricanes know that this season will be unlike any other. And that starts with a training camp unlike any other.
As with every facet of life amid the COVID-19 pandemic, NHL training camps this year come with safety precautions: protocols such as wearing masks, social distancing and sanitation.
“The intensity is the same,” said Hurricanes defenseman Jaccob Slavin. “What we have to get done is heightened just in the sense that we only have eight skates until puck drop, and like I said, no preseason games. So everything’s just heightened and the intensity and making sure we’re getting everything accomplished.