{"id":1135963,"date":"2021-12-21T00:19:37","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T05:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1135963"},"modified":"2021-12-21T00:19:39","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T05:19:39","slug":"nhl-to-halt-season-wednesday-amid-coronavirus-spike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nhl-to-halt-season-wednesday-amid-coronavirus-spike\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL to Halt Season Wednesday Amid Coronavirus Spike"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnhl-to-halt-season-wednesday-amid-coronavirus-spike%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1135963&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">The National Hockey League (NHL) will halt its season Wednesday as fear spreads over the omicron coronavirus variant.<\/p>\n<p>In an announcement on Monday, the NHL said that the National Hockey League Players Association agreed to \u201cpostpone the five games that remain scheduled on Thursday, December 23, in order to begin the collectively-bargained Holiday Break effective with the conclusion of games tomorrow night, December 21.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>All practice and games will be off between December 22 and December 25 until players are permitted to report back to their clubs, which \u201cbe used for testing, practice and\/or travel only.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUpon returning from the holiday break to team facilities, no individual in the team\u2019s traveling party shall enter the facility (other than for testing purposes) until they have a negative test result,\u201d said the announcement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe NHL regular season schedule resume on Monday, December 27,\u201d it concluded.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.3519163763066\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NHL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NHL<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NHLPA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NHLPA<\/a> have agreed to begin the Holiday Break after Tuesday\u2019s games. Practices will resume on Dec. 26 and the League\u2019s regular-season schedule will resume on Dec. 27. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0Bmu8dlZ1M\">https:\/\/t.co\/0Bmu8dlZ1M<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JHbxtzMX6D\">pic.twitter.com\/JHbxtzMX6D<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PR_NHL\/status\/1473128722484113412?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 21, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Tuesday\u2019s games \u2013&nbsp;Washington at Philadelphia, and Tampa Bay at Vegas \u2013 will be played as planned.&nbsp; According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/2021\/12\/20\/nhl-season-halted-coronavirus\/?utm_source=alert&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=wp_news_alert_revere&amp;location=alert&amp;wpmk=1&amp;wpisrc=al_news__alert-sports\"><em>Washington Post<\/em><\/a>, the NHL is now the \u201cfirst major pro sports league in North America with plans to halt play entirely, albeit briefly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With roughly 15 percent of NHL players in coronavirus quarantine, as many, as 10 NHL teams were shut down as of Monday:&nbsp;the Ottawa Senators, Edmonton Oilers, Columbus Blue Jackets, Montreal Canadiens, Detroit Red Wings, Toronto Maple Leafs, Colorado Avalanche, Florida Panthers, Nashville Predators, and Boston Bruins.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/warning-sign-sits-at-one-of-the-entrances-to-rogers-arena-prior-to-picture-id1313500594\" alt=\"Warning sign sits at one of the entrances to Rogers Arena prior to NHL hockey action between the Vancouver Canucks and the Toronto Maple Leafs on...\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>VANCOUVER, BC \u2013 APRIL 18: A COVID-19 warning sign sits at one of the entrances to Rogers Arena prior to NHL hockey action between the Vancouver Canucks and the Toronto Maple Leafs on April 17, 2021 in Vancouver, Canada. (Photo by Rich Lam\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The NHL\u2019s brief postponement comes despite the fact that the league has a vaccination rate nearing 100 percent. In October, for instance, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/10\/13\/1045670607\/nhl-announces-that-all-but-4-players-are-vaccinated\">league boasted<\/a> that all but four players were fully vaccinated against the coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur vaccination rate is incredible,\u201d NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said at the time. \u201cFour players, not four percent of players. All of our officials are vaccinated. All of the personnel that come into contact with the players are vaccinated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The NHL instituted strict measures against unvaccinated players by requiring them to quarantine a week before training camps while demanding they submit a negative coronavirus test daily.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat they can do during away games is also extremely limited: unvaccinated players are not allowed to go anywhere aside from the team\u2019s hotel, the training facilities, and the arena where the game is being held, and they\u2019re also barred from having visitors in their rooms,\u201d NPR reported at the time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Hockey League (NHL) will halt its season Wednesday as fear spreads over the omicron coronavirus variant. 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