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This outbreak has been one of the most notable in professional sports. 04/05/2021 One of the most widespread COVID-19 outbreaks amongst a professional sports team so far comes from what’s currently going on with the NHL’s Vancouver Canucks. Last Wednesday, the Canucks saw their scheduled home game against the Calgary Flames postponed 90 minutes before puck drop following news that the team had had two players and one coach added to the league’s COVID-19 protocol list, with on...

Bob Frid-USA TODAY Sports Two more Vancouver Canucks players have been added to the NHL’s COVID list. Jalen Chatfield and Marc Michaelis were added today, as the number of Canucks players officially in NHL protocol has ballooned to 16. There are now only 11 Canucks players on their roster that aren’t officially in COVID-19 protocol, and four of those players were already on injured reserve. Seven players were identified on the NHL COVID list on Saturday, including: Bo Horvat, Thatcher Demko...

Covid-19 Live Updates: Some U.S. Colleges Will Require Vaccinations in the Fall Last Updated April 5, 2021, 5:48 p.m. ETApril 5, 2021, 5:48 p.m. ET Walgreens acknowledges it hadn’t been following U.S. guidance on timing between Pfizer vaccine doses and will start scheduling them three weeks apart. Everyone in New Jersey aged 16 and over will soon be eligible for vaccines. Here’s what you need to know: Cornell University is requiring all students who will be on campus in the fall of 2021 to ...

Sergei Belski-USA TODAY Sports It’s Day 390 of the pandemic. We’ve had some ups and many more downs as a society since then. In British Columbia, we were rather fortunate through spring and summer last year, compared to other provinces in Canada. But the second wave was much more deadly than the first wave in BC. The third wave has seen the province break single-day COVID case records. A total of 1,463 people have died in BC from COVID-19. There’s currently 296 people in hospital and 79 o...

Seven additional Canucks players added to NHLs COVID protocol list by Sportsnet Staff Posted Apr 3, 2021 9:49 pm EDT An arena worker removes the net from the ice after the Vancouver Canucks and Calgary Flames NHL hockey game was postponed due to a positive COVID-19 test result, in Vancouver, on Wednesday, March 31, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck Seven additional members of the Vancouver Canucks were added to the NHL’s COVID Protocols list on Saturday, bringing the team’s total to 14 p...

Vancouver Canucks add seven players to COVID protocol list The Vancouver Canucks season remains on pause as a COVID-19 outbreak that has hit the team has gone from bad to worse. The team added seven players to leagues COVID protocol list on Saturday, bringing the total number of players to 14. Sources told ESPN that two coaches were added to the list, brining the total number of coaches in protocol to three. Seven players and a coach were already on the list, prompting the NHL to postponed Canu...

  VANCOUVER -- Seven Vancouver Canucks have been added to the NHLs COVID protocol list, bringing the teams total to 14. The NHL announced Saturday that goaltender Thatcher Demko, defenceman Tyler Myers and forwards Bo Horvat, Tyler Motte, Travis Boyd, Jayce Hawryluk and Brandon Sutter have been added to the list. They join goaltender Braden Holtby, defencemen Alex Edler, Quinn Hughes and Travis Hamonic and forwards Adam Gaudette, Zack MacEwan and Antoine Roussel. The news comes as B.C. se...

A source told ESPN that more than half the players on the Canucks have tested positive for COVID-19.

Confirm source infection is variant; six games postponed by Mike Battaglino / NHL.com Staff Writer The Vancouver Canucks have had 21 players test positive for COVID-19. A total of 25 people associated with the Canucks have tested positive, including four staff members. Defenseman Nate Schmidt was added to the NHL COVID-19 protocol list Wednesday. Forward Jake Virtanen was ...

Author Could the Blues move Mike Hofflman? Two teams that could be interested in Vince Dunn Jeff Gordon of St. Louis Post-Dispatch: St. Louis Blues forward Mike Hoffman has struggled this season and was a healthy scratch on the weekend. He’s been playing on the third line and not getting much power play time. Teams like the Boston Bruins, New York Islanders and Toronto Maple Leafs could come calling for Hoffman. Those teams may want to give up prospects and picks and not immediate help lik...