Other players out of the game. NHL interrupts season – SlovakNHL.sk

The contagion has not stopped spreading in the NHL and more players have joined the pandemic list on Monday. In addition, after the postponement of other matches, the decision was made to interrupt the season.

The NHL consulted with the NHL Players’ Association and finally announced an early start to the Christmas break – the rest of the matches on December 22 and 23 were postponed indefinitely and all team activities were suspended from December 22 to 25.

On Monday, the league postponed Columbus matches and Tuesday’s duels between Pittsburgh and New Jersey, respectively. between Seattle and Arizona. It is currently planned to play Washington duels with Philadelphia and Tampa Bay with Vegas.

We will see the next matches after Tuesday, December 27. Players will be able to come to the team facilities on December 26, but they will only be allowed in the interior with a negative test. This also applies to other staff.

The NHL has so far had to postpone 49 games, 44 of them in the last seven days.

Meanwhile, Liam O’Brien (ARI), Brendan Smith (CAR), Calvin de Haan (CHI), William Lagesson, Darnell Nurse (both EDM), Mike Hoffman (MTL), Kevin Hayes were on the pandemic list on Monday. (PHI), Brent Burns (SJS) and Adam Larsson (SEA).

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