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The length of training camps and, therefore,
the start date for a formal resumption of play will be
determined at a later date, the NHL and NHL Players' Association
said in a joint statement.
The two sides said training camps would open "provided that
medical and safety conditions allow and the parties have reached
an overall agreement on resuming play".
Reopening of training camps is the penultimate phase of the
NHL's four-step plan to resume competition.
The announcement came two weeks after the NHL, which halted
action in March due to the coronavirus, unveiled a
return-to-play plan that effectively ended the regular season
and would go straight to an expanded playoff format held in two
hub cities.
The second phase of the plan began this week as NHL teams were
cleared to reopen training facilities so long as those who chose
to attend did so in small groups that did not exceed six players
at a time.
(Reporting by Frank Pingue in Toronto, editing by Ed Osmond)
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