The Canadian teams in the NHL looked for a long time to have to play their matches on American soil in the coming season.
Logistical problems of crossing the border between the countries in pandemic times were cited as the reason.
Now, however, a message of joy seems to have come for the Canadians.
According to Bill Daly, vice commissioner for the NHL, the matches will most likely be played in Canada as well.
"Based on our discussions with local health authorities over the past week, together with our correspondence over the last 24 hours, we hope that we are in phase and agree on the conditions for the Canadian teams to be able to play in their own arenas before the start of the upcoming season. ”, Daly writes in a statement on Christmas Eve.
The NHL managed to play clear last season in bubbles in Toronto and Edmonton.
The coming season will be decided in a more traditional way in the regular arenas but without an audience, at first.