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Ralph Krueger Tests Positive For COVID-19

February 4, 2021 at 10:25 am CDT | by Gavin Lee 1 Comment

Not only are several Buffalo Sabres players in the COVID Protocol, but now their head coach is as well. Ralph Krueger has tested positive for COVID-19. The Sabres already saw their games postponed through February 8.

Krueger, 61, joins Taylor Hall, Rasmus Ristolainen, Brandon Montour, and Tobias Rieder in the protocol, though it’s clear there may be other names added in the coming days. Over the weekend, the Sabres played two games against the New Jersey Devils, who have since seen the biggest outbreak of the season and currently have 17 players on the COVID Protocol Related Absences list. According to reporting from John Vogl of The Athletic, the Sabres wanted more information about the Devils’ health before playing the Sunday game and did not receive it.

Notably, as several Buffalo writers have expressed, the Sabres also had assistant coach Don Granato on the bench over the weekend. In 2019, Granato had a near-death experience with pneumonia, experiencing respiratory failure in the hospital and needing the help of a ventilator. To be clear, there is nothing to suggest that Granato has tested positive and hopefully, it will stay that way.

Perhaps in response to this specific situation, the league has made four changes to the in-arena protocols according to Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet. The biggest is that the glass behind the benches has been removed. The league has also asked for portable air cleaners put behind the bench, more locker room space and is limiting when players and coaches can arrive at the arena even further.

There is no way to conclusively confirm that there was team-to-team transmission in those weekend games, but it does seem the most likely answer here. The Devils are also currently shut down while they try to limit the spread of their outbreak.

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  1. pawtucket

    5 years ago

    This is getting out of hand. Problem is that they all share one flight, or bus, locker-room, hotel dinning room, and ice surface.

    I think we are seeing more team-to-team transmission than any other sport because the game itself is not outside like baseball or soccer or football. A scrum after a :45second shift with everyone breathing on one another as they push away from the crease isn’t exactly keeping everyone safe from droplets.

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