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What will Olympic hockey rosters look like without NHL players? KHL to suspend season a week over outbreaks The Russia-based Kontinental Hockey League, a key source of players for Olympic teams, decided Wednesday to suspend its season for a week because of coronavirus outbreaks at many clubs.

What Alex Sinatra can do for the PHF players' association With women's hockey at a pivotal moment, Sinatra has a lengthy to-do list as she takes over as executive director. Wyshynski: Why Marchand is right, NHL wrong about the Olympics The star Bruins winger wondered this week why the league couldn't find a way to allow players to go to Beijing.

Canada's Bedard, 16, scores 4 at world juniors Connor Bedard became the youngest player to score four goals in a world junior hockey championship game, leading Canada to an win over Austria on Tuesday night. Quinn named U. World junior hockey pre-tourney games delayed The COVID surge has pushed back the start of the world junior hockey pre-tournament until Thursday.

Canada tops U. Wild GM to run U. Knights' Lehner opts out of Olympics, cites health Golden Knights goalie Robin Lehner has declined an invitation to play for Sweden in the Winter Olympics, becoming the first high-profile NHL player to opt out of participating in the Beijing Games.

China's hockey team not removed from Olympics China will take part in the Olympic men's ice hockey tournament at the Beijing Games despite concerns that the host nation will be embarrassed competitively by established hockey nations. Driver killed in collision with jr.

Canada women top U. Men's Women's. Countries Athletes. No NHL players made the team because the league, in an attempt to finish the season on time, opted out of the Games on Dec. NHL players haven't competed in a Winter Olympics since and won't return to the international stage until at least The massive upset inspired the movie "Miracle" starring Kurt Russell as U. With the NHL players' absence, Team USA's hockey roster is the youngest since and includes teens — five, to be exact — for the first time in 30 years.

Michigan's Matty Beniers — the No. They're all scrambling to figure out what to do. The work we did leading up to that tournament was going to give us the best chance to win.

Along with having players who wanted to wear that U. In their new Collective Bargaining Agreement in , the NHL and the players agreed to have them participate in the and Olympics.

But the League retained the right to opt out of the Beijing Games if it needed February's scheduled break Feb. The NHL announced on Dec. The League now has games that have been postponed due to positive COVID tests among its teams and restrictions on attendance capacity in Canada.

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