Sixteen of the 22 players on the Canucks’ active roster were officially on the NHL’s protocol list with Sunday’s addition of forward Marc Michaelis and defenceman Jalen Chatfield. A member of the coaching staff had also been affected.
The Canucks are off the ice at least until Tuesday and have had four games postponed because of the virus.
The Vancouver Canucks being brought to a standstill by the COVID-19 virus makes players and coaches elsewhere in the all-Canadian North Division uneasy for that team and their own.
A player on the COVID-19 protocol list has not necessarily tested positive.
The league’s protocols require players and staff to be tested daily. Any time an individual’s initial test comes back positive, the lab does a second test on the initial sample. If the second test is negative, a second sample is collected. But if that sample returns a positive result, it’s considered to be a “confirmed positive.”
https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/nhl-vancouver-canucks-covid-protocol-list-april-4-1.5975355
Let’s hope the Canucks team can get healthy soon.
-Ian
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