NHL backs out of the Beijing Olympics due to surge in Covid cases, removing the world's best hockey players from the one of the games' showcase sports.
, removing the world's best hockey players from the one of the Games' showcase sports.
Fifty NHL games have already been postponed through Dec. 23 and Commissioner Gary Bettman said sending players to Beijing"is no longer feasible." "Until very recently, we seemed to be on a clear path to go to Beijing," Don Fehr, NHL Players’ Association Executive Director,."Covid-19 has unfortunately intervened, forcing dozens of games to be postponed this month alone."
“Certainly, the players and hockey fans are quite disappointed," he continued."But playing a full 82-game season this year, something the pandemic has prevented us from doing since the 2018-19 season, is very important. We expect that NHL players will return to the Olympics in 2026.”The United States, Canada, Germany, China, the
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