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Caps-Flyers 50th game postponed due to COVID
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Tuesday, 21 December 2021 10:13
The Washington Capitals-Philadelphia Flyers game scheduled for Monday night has been postponed.It's the 50th NHL game postponed this season for coronavirus-related reasons. The league said COVID-19 issues with the Capitals prompted the postponement.That left the Tampa Bay Lightning at the Vegas Golden Knights as the only game left in the NHL this week. The league and players' association agreed to…
Why the NHL hit pause on the season now, and what comes next
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Tuesday, 21 December 2021 09:47
The headlines on Monday night were stark, if unsurprising: The NHL was going to pause the 2021-22 season Wednesday, and resume after Christmas break, amid a spike in COVID-19 cases. This followed a flurry of team shutdowns that left a diminishing number of games on the schedule.In the aftermath, we're left with several questions: How will teams get "unpaused"? Will…
Shane Wright taking on 'generational' expectations as the NHL's top draft prospect
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Tuesday, 21 December 2021 04:10
Shane Wright remembers the first arm he was asked to autograph."It was a forearm. I've signed a couple of them, actually," he said. "Signing people's skin has been a little weird for me."Wright, 17, is a center for the Kingston Frontenacs of the Ontario Hockey League. He's also the consensus pick to go first overall in the 2022 NHL draft.…
Blue Jackets, Habs shut down over COVID issues
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Monday, 20 December 2021 10:30
The NHL has shut down two more teams through the Christmas break as COVID-19 cases have continued rising around the league.On Monday, the Columbus Blue Jackets and Montreal Canadiens both had their team activities paused until after Dec. 26. They were the eighth and ninth teams that the NHL has closed down in the last week, joining Calgary Flames, Detroit…
Hockey betting: Betting team, players of 2021
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Monday, 20 December 2021 05:26
The year in hockey 2021 began with a 56-game season, impacted the COVID-19 pandemic, that saw the league's 31 teams realigned into four new divisions. It ends with the teams back in their usual divisions, although there are now 32 of them thanks to the Seattle Kraken.Oh, and it's once again impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Sigh.For hockey wagers, there…
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