If all goes well, NHL training camps will be in full swing in just less than a month.
The league announced Thursday morning that Phase 3 of the return-to-play protocol — which is the start of official team activities — will begin on July 10 “provided that medical and safety conditions allow and the parties have reached an overall agreement on resuming play.”
The NHL announced last month that it did not envision training camps beginning in the first half of July, so this represents something of an accelerated process as the league continues to prepare to resume the season amid the COVID-19 pandemic.