Coronavirus outbreak altered the NHL schedule.
The hockey league has postponed 20 games this season for reasons related to COVID-19.
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The Colorado Avalanche and Florida Panthers of the NHL will be inactive until after Christmas, due to COVID-19. The Avs had four games scheduled before the league break, while the Panthers had three, but all of these games have joined a streak of postponements in the league.
The Calgary Flames already had four games postponed, while the Boston Bruins' match against the Canadiens in Montreal has been postponed since Saturday.
Boston had six players on the league's coronavirus protocol as of Friday morning. Goalkeeper Jeremy Swayman and forwards Anton Blidh and Trent Frederic were put into protocol last Thursday, after forwards Patrice Bergeron, Brad Marchand and Craig Smith were sidelined earlier in the week.
The Canadiens won 3-2 on a penalty shoot-out against the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday at their home stadium, the Bell Center, where the match was played without fans at the request of Quebec public health authorities concerned about the growing number of COVID-19 cases.
"Today was a wake-up call," Canadiens forward Jonathan Drouin said Thursday. "We did not expect that this year there would not be fans in the stands with the vaccines. We had been told otherwise, but it is difficult to play again without the energy of the fans. But, health and safety are more important than going to see a hockey game".
The Flames added forward Mikael Backlund and a member of their COVID-19 protocol support staff, adding up to 19 players, three coaches and nine support staff.
The NHL, the world's largest ice hockey competition, is in mourning this Monday after hearing the news of the death of goalkeeper Matiss Kivlenieks at age 24 during an accident in celebration of the July 4 holiday.
The fatal accident took place when Kivlenieks was celebrating the July 4 holiday when lighting fireworks. A malfunction of the devices caused them to go out directed towards people and one of them exploded on the player's chest, causing chest trauma and internal injuries that caused death, despite the fact that at first it was said that death It occurred after the blow suffered in a fall while trying to take refuge.
The Columbus Blue Jackets, the team in which Kivlenieks played, announced the sad news in this way on their social networks. "With all the pain in our hearts we share the news that our goalkeeper Matiss Kivlenieks passed away tonight at the age of 24. We are heartbroken. Please keep his family in your thoughts and prayers. Rest in peace, Kivi ".
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