The Ottawa Senators have announced that four more members of their organization, including three players, have tested positive for COVID-19. That takes the total for the Senators organization up to six, and means that seven NHL players have now tested positive; five Senators and two members of the Colorado Avalanche.
The Senators also announced that “all test results have now been received, and all those who tested positive have recovered.” Hailey Salvian of The Athletic confirms that color analyst Gord Wilson, who disclosed last week that he had tested positive, was not one of those included in the announcement today.
Of note, the Senators and Avalanche played in San Jose on consecutive nights after the county of Santa Clara recommended against large gatherings. The Senators also played in the Staples Center two nights before the Brooklyn Nets—who had multiple players test positive—and were followed by the Avalanche. Obviously there is no way of telling exactly how or when the virus was transmitted to the Senators players at this point.
That makes 5 Sens players, 2 Avs, along with Gord Wilson & John Kelly, with, no doubt, more to come… Tough to “put on a happy face” right now… (Good that all are recovered/recovering)