The NHL has usually been very public about their protocols throughout the COVID pandemic, whether it was changing up the structure of the arena to make it more safe and ventilated, or upfront about how their testing system is administered and the timeline of results, they’ve been adequate at informing us what they’re doing through all of this.
So on Friday evening, the league sent a memo to the teams and media members that they are going to require full vaccinations for team staff and other people that are around the players and hockey operations people (within 12 feet).