The Canadian and Russian women's hockey teams were required to wear masks for their preliminary round matchup at the Olympics because of coronavirus concerns
The Canadian and Russian women s hockey teams were required to wear masks for their preliminary round matchup at the Olympics because of coronavirus concerns
BEIJING (AP) It’s hard enough facing a deep and talented hockey powerhouse such as Canada in normal circumstances. Try doing it wearing a mask, Russian forward Alexandra Vafina joked. “Against Canada with the mask on? It was an experience," she said following a 6-1 loss in a Group A preliminary round matchup, which became the first Olympic women’s hockey game to require all players to wear masks. “It’s not enough oxygen," Vafina said. “So for us in the first period was pretty hard, but we adjusted to that.”
BEIJING It s hard enough facing a deep and talented hockey powerhouse such as Canada in normal circumstances. Try doing it wearing a mask, Russian forward.
It’s hard enough facing a deep and talented hockey powerhouse such as Canada in normal circumstances. Try doing it wearing a mask, Russian forward Alexandra Vafina joked. “Against Canada with the mask on? It was an experience," she said following a 6-1 loss in a Group A preliminary round matchup,…