NHL teams will have to deal with a variety of seasons when the game resumes

The NHL has announced the seasons for the first three games of each best-of-five series. The remaining games will be announced at a later date.

The only all-Canadian matchup between the Calgary Flames and Winnipeg Jets has launch times of 8:30 AM, 12:30 PM and 4:45 PM local time on four days in Edmonton.

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Maurice believes that NHL training camps in July after a four-month ban due to the COVID 19 pandemic have already forced players and coaches out of their comfort zone. So what’s another weird fold?

“We weren’t really in a routine to feel like we were getting out of a routine,” said Maurice in Winnipeg at a media conference call on Monday. “This kind goes with everything that’s going on.”

The jets started some exercises before 8 a.m. during the camp to allow players to test.

The Flames hosted their first intrasquad game at 8:30 p.m. on Sunday – when Johnny Gaudreau was reunited with Calgary’s top line with Sean Monahan and Elias Lindholm

A second scrimmage Tuesday is planned for the early afternoon.

“We are playing these games at different times in the training camp so that the boys can manipulate their morning routine or their day-to-day routine a little to get used to the different start times,” said Flames head coach Geoff Ward.

Gaudreau spent the first week of camp skating in a pod with nine players separate from the main group before reuniting with his Linemates on Sunday.

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Some teams have constant times to start the qualifying round.

The Pittsburgh Penguins and Montreal Canadians don’t stray from 8 p.m. and begin their first three games in Toronto.

The Carolina Hurricanes against the New York Rangers open with two noon starts. This series alternates for games 2 and 3 on consecutive days from a midday game to a puck drop at 8 p.m.

Players are creatures of habit used to an ice skate before a game, a nap, and a meal before an evening game. The teams occasionally play afternoon games on weekends and public holidays.

“The day looks very different depending on the season,” said Jets striker Mason Appleton. “I think for most people, including me, when it is 12:30 [start] There is no nap before the game.

“If it’s a later game, I can try to nap there. We have to adapt quickly no matter what time the game is.”

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The earlier the game, the better for Flames striker Dillon Dube.

“It will be mentally difficult to only be ready for different situations, but for me I love afternoon games,” he said. “You wake up, you don’t rethink the game. You go out and play.

To help players keep track of a changing schedule, Maurice said it is important that employees give players an overview as early as possible every day so that there are no surprises.

“Set the schedule early so you can take a look,” he said.

A shortened schedule in the hub cities means that preparation for the next game begins on the summer of the one you just played, Ward explained.

“What you start from the end of the previous game is, in my opinion, crucial to prepare for it,” said the Flames coach.

2 new cases after 800 tested players

According to the NHL, two players tested positive for COVID-19 in the first week of the training camp.

The league announced in a press release on Monday that 2,618 tests were conducted on more than 800 players.

The two players who tested positive are currently in self-isolation.

The training camps opened on July 13 to begin phase 3 of the league’s return to the game schedule.

The NHL is expected to enter Phase 4 on August 1 when the teams play in the capitals Edmonton and Toronto again.

The league said 30 players tested positive for COVID-19 in phase 2 of the plan, and another 13 positive outside the league’s protocol.

In phase 2, which lasted from June 8th to July 12th, players were able to train in small groups in the facilities of their teams.