An excellent Christmas gift for the country of Canada. On Christmas Day, official approval was given by Ottawa and the five Canadian provinces with NHL teams for these clubs to play in their home arenas in 2020-21.
"It's now official," said TVA's Renaud Lavoie. "The federal government and the five Canadian provinces that have one or more NHL teams on their territory have given the green light to the National Hockey League to start the season on January 13, according to the current schedule."
That schedule was released earlier this week.
While Canadian teams will be playing in their home arenas, do not expect fans to be attending games. The only clubs so far that have announced fans in limited capacity to start the season are the Dallas Stars, Florida Panthers and Arizona Coyotes. More may be added before the season officially begins.
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