1.   At best, training May open new avenues or provide contacts which May lead to employment interviews.

2.   For the less elite, training camps opened this weekend, with the usual number of questions.

3.   No matter what form the sport takes next week when spring training camps open, the game will not be the same.

4.   They struggled to comprehend how they had gone backwards since training camp opened and hoped this latest stumble was an exception, not a prelude.

5.   Though specific dates and the location still are being worked out, the tournament would begin in August and end before mid-September, when NHL training camps open.