New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy issued an Executive Order today allowing indoor ice hockey to resume with no spectators. This is Executive Order Number 187. According to the press release:
“All indoor practices and competitions are limited to 25% of the capacity of the room, but not more than 25 or less than 10 persons. However, if the number of individuals who are necessary for practice or competition, such as players, coaches, and referees, exceeds 25, the practice or competition may proceed if no unnecessary individuals such as spectators are present. Even if this exception applies, the number of individuals at the practice or competition cannot exceed 25% of the capacity of the room, and such limit cannot exceed 150 persons.”
Full text of Executive Order 187 on NJ.gov.
Coverage of this Story by Other Media Outlets
All indoor sports can resume in N.J., Murphy says. That includes ice hockey games, NJ.com: “…Limitations on indoor sports had become an issue in recent weeks as players, parents, and some Republican lawmakers pushed Murphy, a Democrat, to allow youth ice hockey to resume games. Hockey is typically played at indoor ice rinks, but indoor games had been barred until Monday.”
“Proponents of allowing hockey to resume argued there’s minimal risk of players contracting COVID-19 because ice rinks have strong ventilation and players make little contact with each other….”