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VANCOUVER -- Running the Vancouver Canucks practice Saturday left Travis Green's voice hoarse. It was the first time the head coach had taken to the ice with his players since the team was ravaged by a COVID-19 outbreak caused by the aggressive P. 1 variant. Green was hit particularly hard by the virus, but said he's feeling stronger every day. He dealt with flu-like symptoms for four or five days. Just as Green started to feel better, the 50-year-old was hit by another wave of illness with worse symptoms for several days. “At that point, I was a little worried,” Green said. “The ...

Preview: Maple Leafs play two against a recovering Canucks team Share this story Photo by Jeff Vinnick/NHLI via Getty Images Maple Leafs @ Vancouver Canucks Tuesday, April 20, 9:00 p.m. on Sportsnet The Canucks play their first game back from a layoff after nearly the entire team, the Taxi Squad and the coaching staff were infected with a variant form of COVID-19. As of Saturday, all but two Canucks players are off the NHL COVID Protocol list. The Canucks’ AHL affiliate is in Utica, New York, so unlike most of the rest of the NHL teams in Canada, they can’t recall players at will. They ...

Author of the article: Lance Hornby Publishing date: Apr 17, 2021  •  12 hours ago  •  4 minute read  •  Maple Leafs winger William Nylander joined the team on its flight to Vancouver for his planned return to game action Sunday. Nylander was back on the ice Friday after finishing a nine-day COVID protocal quarantine. Photo by Ian Kucerak /Postmedia Network Article content William Nylander didn’t want to be the one who disrupted a great season and put teammates and their families at risk. So when Nylander came in contact with a COVID-19 case, he went right to club officia...

Bob Frid-USA TODAY Sports The Canucks COVID outbreak is a big deal beyond Vancouver, Canada, and even North America. Believe it or not, news of it made it all the way to Qatar, where Al Jazeera English was contacting Canucks reporters this morning to be interviewed for a story. The Canucks certainly aren’t the first pro franchise in the world to deal with an outbreak of the virus, but the way in which a COVID variant has ripped through the team does seem to make this situation unique. “Quinn had one of the roughest goes with COVID” Quinn Hughes and Jay Beagle were removed from the NHL�...

1. How will the team recover from COVID? Vancouver had not only the worst COVID outbreak in the NHL, but one of the worst in pro sports. The Dallas Stars, Buffalo Sabres, and New Jersey Devils were three of the teams that were hit hardest by COVID-19. The Stars actually won four straight after 17 positive cases forced them to start the season a week late. The Devils won their first two before losing 12 of their next 14 after a two-week layoff. Buffalo lost 20 of their next 22 games after COVID knocked out almost half of their team. Based on Vancouver’s schedule and the fact that they were r...