Vancouver Canucks can play in their home arena for the upcoming, shortened NHL season “soon.”“It’ll be in the next few days,” said Health Minister Adrian Dix a Thursday COVID-19 briefing in Vancouver.
Ottawa approves NHL training camps but leaves games up to provinces The 56-game season is slated to begin on Jan. 13, and Ottawa has issued an exemption to the mandatory 14-day quarantine for NHL players and staff to return to Canada under “national interest grounds.”However, the final say on whether games can take place will fall to the five provinces which host NHL teams.Provincial health officer Dr.
Bonnie Henry said she and her counterparts in those provinces have collaborated to make their recommendations on a safe return to play to the.