VANCOUVER The team doctor for the Vancouver Canucks says the immediate future is a bit of an unknown as players who contracted COVID-19 move toward the recovery phase of the disease. Speaking during a news conference Friday, Dr. Jim Bovard said it s unclear when the team will be able to play again. We have learned to expect the unexpected, he said during the conference, which the team livestreamed on Twitter. The Canucks have been benched effectively since March 31, when forward Adam Gaudette was pulled out of practice following positive test results. The game against Calgary was cancelled that night, and on Thursday, the NHL announced the team would be off the ice for at least a week.
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Vancouver Canucks general manager Jim Benning responds to questions during a news conference in Vancouver, B.C.,Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020. Benning says the players who ve tested positive for COVID-19 are recovering and the team still intends to play a 56-game season. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck April 09, 2021 - 12:26 PM
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks are recovering from the NHL s worst COVID-19 outbreak and believe they can complete the pandemic-condensed season.
An outbreak has ripped through the team over the past week and a half with 25 people â 21 players and four members of the coaching staff â testing positive, and one additional player being deemed a close contact.
General manager Jim Benning told reporters Friday that many of the players are feeling better. I think our players, for the most part, our players are on the other side of it, he said. We still have family members that are getting sick and I think the players worry about that.
The athletes have had a whole range of COVID-19 symptoms, said team physician Dr. Jim Bovard, but no one has needed to be hospitalized.
The Canucks confirmed on Wednesday that a variant is involved in the outbreak. Full genome sequencing is being conducted by the B.C. Centre for Disease Control to determine which specific variant.
Canucks players mostly on the other side of COVID-19 outbreak
Vancouver Canucks head physician Dr. Jim Bovard discusses the latest on the COVID-19 outbreak with his players and staff, and whether any of the cases he s dealing with have forced any hospitalizations. | April 9, 2021, 1:55 PM
April 9, 2021, 1:55 PM
VANCOUVER The Vancouver Canucks are recovering from the NHL s worst COVID-19 outbreak and believe they can complete the pandemic-condensed season.
An outbreak has ripped through the team over the past week and a half with 25 people 21 players and four members of the coaching staff testing positive, and one additional player being deemed a close contact.
Vancouver Canucks says no culprit in team s COVID-19 outbreak
Canucks team physician said the player who first contracted COVID-19 and then brought it into the team acted within NHL and provincial health protocols.
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To date, 21 Canucks players and 4 staff members have tested positive for a variant of the virus
Posted: Apr 09, 2021 12:39 PM PT | Last Updated: April 9
Adam Gaudette laughs while on the bench with Bo Horvat, left, and Tyler Myers, as head coach Travis Green skates past. Gaudette was the first Canucks player to test positive for COVID-19 on March 30. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press)