ARTICLE 15: TRAINING CAMP; TRAVEL EXPENSES
15.1 Travel expenses for the Player for travel (economy class air fare) from a Player’s summer residence to Training Camp, from Training Camp to his Club city, and return to said summer residence at the end of the season will be paid by or provided for by the Club. The Club will also pay for or provide the reasonable travel expenses (economy class air fare) for the Player's spouse (or Living Companion) and his children from their summer residence to the Club city at the beginning of the Regular Season and return to said summer residence at the end of the Club's Playing Season. If a Player drives to (or from) the Club city, the Club shall pay him the equivalent of the economy airfare for flying to (or from) the Club city for the Player and spouse (or Living Companion) only.
For the purpose of this Section 15.1, the returning to and from the summer residence shall be based on the Player and/or his spouse (or Living Companion) returning for a minimum of a two (2) month period to the same summer residence each year except if he moves his summer residence. It shall be the burden of the Player to demonstrate that he has returned to his summer residence for a minimum of two (2) months.
15.2 (a) All Players attending Club Training Camps shall be paid the same per diem meal allowances provided in Section 19(a) and shall receive lodging provided by the Club during the period of their attendance at Training Camp.
(b) The Clubs have an option of providing breakfast and/or lunch during Training Camp. There shall be the following deductions from the Player’s per diem, each in the same currency as the per diem is paid, for each breakfast and/or lunch provided by the Club: $12 for breakfast and $15 for lunch.
15.3 (a) The duration of Training Camp for all Players who have qualified during the preceding Regular Season for at least 50 games credit for Pension Plan purposes shall not be more than 20 days, and shall not be more than 27 days for all other Players. No Training Camp activity, including photographs and medical examinations, shall be performed prior to the official opening of Training Camp, and no 50-game pension credit Players shall be permitted to participate in any Training Camp activity prior to the official opening of Training Camp for them.
(b) No Player shall participate in an Exhibition Game which is scheduled during the first two days of Training Camp or on a date immediately following three (3) consecutive dates in which the Player participated in Exhibition Games during the Training Camp period, except that this Subsection shall not be applicable with respect to any game provided for in Article 24 hereof.
(c) No more than nine (9) Exhibition Games shall be scheduled by each Club during said period each season, except that this Subsection shall not be applicable with respect to any game provided for in Article 24 hereof.
(d) A Club shall be permitted to dress a minimum of eight (8) veterans for any Exhibition Game. For purposes of this Section, a veteran shall constitute either: (1) a forward or defenseman who played in thirty (30) NHL Games during the previous season, (2) a goaltender who either dressed in fifty (50) or more NHL Games or played in thirty (30) or more NHL Games in the previous season, (3) a first round draft choice from the most recent year’s Entry Draft or (4) any Player who has played one-hundred (100) or more career NHL Games.
(e) During the first five (5) days of Training Camp, no Player shall participate in more than three (3) hours of practice per day, including on- and/or off-ice practice, and there shall be no more than one practice session per day except, however, that the first day of Training Camp may last up to five (5) hours, for the purposes of photographs, medical examinations, and/or off-ice testing only and, on Exhibition Game days, the three (3) hour rule shall not apply to Players playing in the Exhibition Game. If a Club wants to operate Training Camp for more than five (5) hours on the first day, a request must be submitted to the NHL and NHLPA for approval before July 1.
(f) For each day a Player does not report during Training Camp without his Club’s permission, his pay shall be reduced by 1/275th of his annual Paragraph 1 NHL Salary specified in his SPC without limitation of any other contract rights it may have.
15.4 Unless specifically authorized to do so by the NHL/NHLPA International Committee, no Club shall conduct its Training Camp outside of North America.
15.5 If a Club’s Training Camp is held in or in the vicinity of its home city, a Player who elects to live at home instead of in accommodations provided by the Club during Training Camp shall not receive any payments for lodging.
15.6 Any Player who is injured during Training Camp and who has qualified during the preceding season, including Playoffs, for at least fifty (50) games credit for the purposes of the Pension Plan or is on a one-way SPC, shall receive his Paragraph 1 NHL Salary and Signing Bonus until he receives appropriate medical clearance. All other Players will be paid a daily rate until they receive appropriate medical clearance, such rate to be determined as follows:
(a) For the immediately preceding season, determine the number of Regular Season days the Player spent on the Club Active Roster, Injured Reserve and/or Non-Roster and on a minor league club’s roster.
(b) The number of days the Player was on an NHL Club's Active Roster, Injured Reserve and/or Non-Roster or minor league roster is then divided by the total number of days in the immediately preceding Regular Season to obtain a fraction.
(c) The fraction obtained in (b) is then multiplied by the Player’s Paragraph 1 NHL Salary and Paragraph 1 Minor League Salary for the current season, as appropriate.
By way of example, if the Player has a Paragraph 1 NHL Salary of $450,000 and a Paragraph 1 Minor League Salary of $40,000 for the current season, and spent 50 percent of the season in each of the NHL and the Minor Leagues in the prior season, his daily rate would be calculated as follows:
$450,000 x .50 = $225,000
40,000 x .50 = 20,000
Total Salary $245,000
(d) The figure obtained above is then divided by the number of days in the current season to determine the Player’s daily rate. By way of example, if the current season has 184 days, the daily rate ($245,000 ÷ 184) would be $1,331.52.
15.7 A Player may rent an apartment or purchase a home before the beginning of Training Camp, if he:
(a) has been with a Club for at least 160 NHL Games including injury; and
(b) has been with the same Club for 40 NHL Games or more.
For Players who do not qualify for both of the above, the 28-day rule shall apply starting at the beginning of the Regular Season.
The above rule shall have no effect on a Player who is Traded from one Club to another. It is understood that the Traded Player has the right to obtain accommodation and move his household goods as per Article 14.
15.8 A 50-game Player shall be placed on Waivers prior to participating in a Minor League exhibition game.
15.9 Conditioning Camp. In each off-season, a Club may hold one conditioning camp (a "Conditioning Camp") for Unsigned Draft Choices and any Player in the Entry Level System with less than 120 NHL Games played. Such Conditioning Camps may not last longer than seven (7) days. The Club must pay for all expenses of the Players attending the Conditioning Camp including, without limitation, airfare, lodging and meals.
15.10 No Conditioning Camp. Other than the Conditioning Camp described in Section 15.9, a Club is prohibited from organizing or holding any mandatory or voluntary camp in the off-season for any Players.
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