AP Hockey Writer
Brooke Stacey of the Buffalo Beauts handles the puck in an outdoor hockey game against the Metropolitan Riveters on Dec. 28, 2019, in Buffalo. Stacey, originally from Kahnawake, Quebec, gave birth to a baby boy last summer but is returning to the ice for the National Womenâs Hockey League bubble season that begins today in Lake Placid.
(Provided photo â Michael Hetzel) Tyler Tumminia has lost plenty of sleep trying to get the National Women’s Hockey League back on the ice. But now the interim commissioner has had her last night left to toss and turn. The NWHL goes full bubble hockey today when its two-week sprint of a season begins in a quarantined environment in Lake Placid.
The NHL held their 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs inside Toronto and Edmonton “bubbles” over the summer and it was a success. Everyone got in and got out as safe a possible, and a Stanley Cup Champion was crowned. Since then, Major League Baseball, the NFL, and the NBA have all completed, nearly completed, or are starting bubble-less seasons. All three have had their problems with COVID-19 in that time. The NHL has started the 2021 season with the Dallas Stars, Carolina Hurricanes, and Washington Capitals all landing at least a handful of players on COVID absence lists. Each of the major four men’s professional leagues has pushed through challenges, whether right or wrong, and things have been messy at best.
He knew everyone in his small town. Now they re all grieving his tragic death
Ask anyone in the small, close-knit town of Dalhousie about Yves Meunier-Pelletier, and they’ll tell you the same thing. He was a big, lovable energy force of a man with a smile like the sun. Their love is palpable. And so is their grief.
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