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[email protected] A member of the Metropolitan Riveters women’s professional hockey organization carries sticks toward the team’s bus outside the Lake Placid Olympic Center at around 3 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 28. (Provided photo Rachel Sharples) LAKE PLACID And then there were five. The National Women’s Hockey League announced Thursday, Jan. 28 that the Metropolitan Riveters, one of six teams playing a scheduled two-week season at the Olympic Center in Lake Placid, has withdrawn. And just like so many instances across the world of sports during the past several months, the coronavirus was the culprit. The league put a news release on its website that said, “The Metropolitan Riveters have withdrawn from the 2021 NWHL season after several members of the organization tested positive for COVID-19.” ....