";s:4:"text";s:4517:" Though the NHL hasn't yet announced dates or the exact format for the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs, the league has determined that play will resume in two hub cities … There will also be exclusive areas in the arenas for players to watch the other games.The League has partnered with EA Sports to use its library of in-game sounds to mimic some crowd noise.Mayer said the same game presentation will not be used during the 12 exhibition games. The NHL announced its return-to-play plan to hand out the 2020 Stanley Cup.
The first two rounds of the playoffs will take place in the hub cities, and Edmonton will host each conference final and the Stanley Cup Final, which is tentatively scheduled to begin Sept. 22 and will end no later than Oct. 4.Regarding game presentation, Mayer said it was important for the NHL to cater to the television audience because there will not be fans in either arena.There will be six locker rooms used in Rogers Place, including the Oilers room, the visiting NHL room, the home room for the Edmonton Oil Kings of the Western Hockey League and the visiting WHL room. Wilson, Ovechkin's teammate, had more penalty minutes in this season alone (93) than goals in his career (78).Of course, nobody else was there when the NHL commissioner announced plans for the league to hold the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs, but just the news of the sport's planned return should be enough for hockey-starved fans to cheer.The league has not yet announced dates for the playoffs or the exact format for how the field will be narrowed from 24 teams down to the eventual two teams that will play for the Stanley Cup, but any glimmer of information about hockey's return is great news for a sport that has been on hold for two and a half months.The contract is worth a total of $4.8 million with a salary cap hit of $1.6 million, which is a pretty reasonable price for the B's. The protocols were approved by local, provincial and federal authorities.Each market will also have a minimum of 15 workout facilities. "This is anything but normal, but we are trying to make it equitable for every team," said Colin Campbell, NHL senior executive vice president of hockey operations.CLEAR has developed an app linked with a touchless health-screening kiosk that will help streamline the facilitation of symptom and temperature checks in Toronto and Edmonton. Edmonton and Toronto are tentatively set to become the NHL's two hub cities to host games when the league resumes its 2019-20 season, TSN reported on Monday. According to sources, roughly 15 markets submitted proposals to the NHL to become a hub city, including Las Vegas, Minnesota, Edmonton, Toronto and Vancouver. According to the NHL, it will be two of these: If the NHL uses a number of host cities for the 2020 Playoffs, the most logical choice out of the Pacific Division is Las Vegas.
Any other third party trademarks or copyrights are the property of their respective owners. "On Aug. 1 is where we're really going to make opening night a night to remember," Mayer said.There will be a fencing system running through each location to keep everyone inside the bubble secure and away from the general public. "But we hope that we do something that is memorable, sticks out, something that our fans will really enjoy.