NHL establishes protocols to resume season

Games would resume in late July or early August with 24 teams taking part in an expanded playoffs.

Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly says the NHL and NHL Players’ Association have agreed on protocols to resume the season but are still negotiating a collective bargaining agreement extension.

The league’s board of governors and players’ executive committee and full membership must approve for it to happen. If ratified, it will end a pandemic-forced shutdown for 31 teams across North America that began in mid-March.

Games would resume in late July or early August with 24 teams taking part in an expanded playoffs, finishing with the Stanley Cup being awarded in October