New York (AFP)
Nine other hockey players tested positive for the new coronavirus last week, bringing the current total for the North American League (NHL) to 35, she said Monday, a week before the opening of camps. training.
According to the NHL, 396 players have already resumed training with their club and more than 2,900 tests have already been carried out, including more than 1,400 last week, for 23 positive tests including 15 already announced a week earlier. In addition, 12 players tested positive outside their club since June 8.
All positive players placed themselves in quarantine. No player or club name has been given, with the NHL still planning to open training camps next Monday.
According to the Canadians from the Sports Network and the Americans from the ESPN channel, the NHL and the players' union are almost ready to restart the season on August 1 and are continuing to discuss a six-year collective wage agreement.
The NHL season ended on March 12. The current plan is to send 12 Eastern Conference clubs to Toronto and 12 Western Conference clubs to Edmonton in late July, where the Stanley Cup final is slated for October.
Each team will be entitled to 52 people in the "bubble", including 31 players, with tests every day for everyone, or 1,248 daily tests for 24 teams. Each player will have a single room and each team will have a floor of the hotel, with of course mandatory compliance with barrier gestures and wearing masks outside the rooms.
Players will not be able to see their families for five weeks, until the final stages of Edmonton where relatives and children are invited.
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