COVID-19 pandemic.The world under-20 tournament at Rogers Place is modelled on the NHL’s “bubble,” which allowed that league to complete the 2019-20 season in the same arena without any positive tests for the novel coronavirus over an eight-week span.
Edmonton’s NHL hub city bubble bursts as players head home after Stanley Cup awarded Defending champion Canada opens the tournament Saturday against Germany.Shorter in duration with fewer personnel than when the NHL post-season “bubble” started, the 12-day, 10-country tournament is still a major logistical undertaking for Hockey Canada and the host committee.That it wasn’t cancelled along with so many other International Ice Hockey Federation tournaments in 2020 indicates a determination to.