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NHL Cancels Practices, Will Issue Update On Season Status

March 12, 2020 at 10:15 am CDT | by Gavin Lee 13 Comments

The NHL has issued a directive for teams to cancel all practices, morning skates and media availability today while they continue to work through their response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. The league’s board of governors is scheduled to have a conference call at noon according to Darren Dreger of TSN, after which there will likely be an announcement.

Last night, the NBA suspended their season indefinitely after Utah Jazz player Rudy Gobert tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19). The Jazz and several other NBA teams that had recently played them were instructed to self-quarantine, but there are also concerns that it could spread to the NHL given that teams in several cities use the same arenas for both basketball and hockey. Since then another Jazz player, Donovan Mitchell, has also tested positive.

The AHL and ECHL have also not made an announcement yet, but are expected to follow the NHL’s lead.

Brett Cyrgalis of the New York Post has tweeted that teams around the league have been told the season will be suspended, while Pierre LeBrun of The Athletic has heard that on-ice officials have been told to book flights home.

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  1. illowa

    1 year ago

    Man, I was just about to start watching hockey too. Cant stand to watch baseball, not gonna do it, nope. XFL next? Was pleased with how they were doing. I guess I can finally check out game of thrones. Go dragon mom.

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  2. riverrat64

    1 year ago

    yep, will be wearing out greenfelt.net solitaire games if they suspend the season
    link to greenfelt.net

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  3. bigdaddyt

    1 year ago

    Lebrun tweeted that officials who were going to be officiating tonight have been told to go home

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  4. driftcat28

    1 year ago

    Have to be cautious and suspend the season. This stuff is no joke

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  5. illowa

    1 year ago

    Nascar here i come

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  6. riverrat64

    1 year ago

    Do we have to be worried about Nascar if they don’t want no venues of over 1,000 fans, will there be racing with no fans

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    • illowa

      1 year ago

      Let us have a least one thing to watch. Sheesh. The drivers dont need the fans to get em juiced up. 200+ mph does just fine for them guys.

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  7. forwhomjoshbelltolls

    1 year ago

    Playing in empty arenas but still having a TV product seems like a better way to go instead of shutting down until…who knows when.

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  8. deron867

    1 year ago

    This is a gross overreaction—not by just the NHL but everywhere.

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    • dwhite3486

      1 year ago

      B-I-N-G-O ! caving into political and media pressure !

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  9. amk3510

    1 year ago

    Team with the longest win streak should just be declared champions. So congrats to your 2020 cup champs LA Kings

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    • MacJablonski--NotVegasLegend

      1 year ago

      @amk3510 – And here I thought you’d say “The team with the best Alex Turcotte wins the Cup!” :)

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  10. MacJablonski--NotVegasLegend

    1 year ago

    Season be suspended…AARRRGH! Hit YouTube for condensed & classic games…ANY hockey is better than everything else, combined!

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