In addition to Finland, the NHL regular season is scheduled to be played in the Czech Republic in the autumn.
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Hockey The NHL plans to play a regular season match next autumn in Finland. The North American Professional League announced its plans for a stellar weekend in Las Vegas.
It is planned that in addition to Finland, the regular season will be played in the Czech Republic. Switzerland and Germany would be allowed to host practice games.
“As the pandemic subsides and we can return to normal, it seems sensible to start planning events,” said the NHL’s deputy commissioner. Bill Daly league website.
The NHL last played outside of North America in Stockholm in November 2019, but since then, visits have been frozen due to the coronavirus pandemic.
In Helsinki has played a total of seven NHL regular season matches, most recently in November 2018 when the Florida Panthers and Winnipeg Jets faced twice.
The NHL did not shed light on which teams could come into play this time around.
The planned gaming city was also not told. Since the previous NHL visit, a new modern multi-purpose arena with more than 13,400 seats has been completed in Tampere, which could be an alternative venue.
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In all The NHL has played 28 regular season matches in Europe since 2007. In addition to Helsinki, the match cities have been Stockholm (12 matches), Prague (4), London (2), Berlin (1) and Gothenburg (1).
Between 1997 and 2000, the NHL played six regular season games in Japan. 25 of the current 32 NHL teams have competed in Europe and Japan.
NY Islanders, Montreal, Toronto, Washington, Dallas, Vegas and Seattle have not played at all outside of North America in the last 25 years. The latter two teams only joined the series in the last five years.
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