The NHL season, which is scheduled to open on Wednesday, will be readjusted in response to six players on the Dallas Stars and two team staff members having tested positive for COVID-19, the league announced Friday.
The Stars’ opener has been pushed back, “with the expectation that the team will not open its 2020-21 season earlier than Tuesday, Jan. 19,” the league said in a statement. The Stars’ training facilities have been closed and will remain closed while daily testing and contact tracing is conducted.
The unnamed players and staff members, “are self-isolating and following [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] and League protocols,” the statement said.