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FILE- In this Feb. 10, 2019, file photo, Jonna Curtis, left, a forward on Team Stecklein, battles for the puck with Michelle Picard, right, a defender on Team Szabados, during the NWHL All-Star Hockey Game in Nashville, Tenn. The women s hockey league thinks it can make it work with the same kind of COVID-19 testing the NBA used in its Disney World bubble. Players, coaches and staff will essentially be limited to hotel and Herb Brooks Arena, the site of the 1980 Miracle on Ice that serves as a historic setting for a unique season. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File) The National Women’s Hockey League called off the remainder of its season Wednesday on the eve of the playoffs because of additional positive test results for the coronavirus. ....
Copy shortlink: The Minnesota Whitecaps game against the Connecticut Whale and one other NWHL game on Thursday night the Buffalo Beauts vs. the Toronto Six were postponed out of an abundance of caution when the Metropolitan Riveters were forced to withdraw from the 2021 NWHL season after several members of the organization tested positive for COVID-19. The decision to withdraw the Riveters (2-1) from competition follows the NWHL s medical protocols established for this season. The season will proceed with five teams, an NWHL statement said, and the league will continue to strictly adhere to the medical protocols to protect everyone s safety. ....
[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Metropolitan Riveters, one of six teams playing a scheduled two-week season at the Olympic Center in Lake Placid, has withdrawn.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 The league put a news release on its website that said, “The Metropolitan Riveters have withdrawn from the 2021 NWHL season after several members of the organization tested positive for COVID-19.” ....