Maybe that's why hockey is the ultimate team sport," commissioner Gary Bettman said, referring to the NHL and the NHL Players' Association. What they're saying: "Everybody banded together to do the right thing. Of note: Five players - including Colorado star forward Nathan MacKinnon - entered NHL COVID-19 protocol on opening day, according to the statement. But if a vaccinated player contracts COVID-19, it "shall be treated as a hockey-related injury for all purposes," per ESPN.Unvaccinated players will also have to surrender one day's pay for each day they miss, unless they have a valid religious reason or medical excuse, according to ESPN. Teams can suspend unvaccinated players who are "unable to participate in club activities," The Athletic reports.Unvaccinated players will be tested daily and will not be allowed to go anywhere on the road except the team hotel, practice facility and the arena, according to ESPN.The big picture: The NHL introduced their unvaccinated policy last month, which had multiple restrictions for unvaccinated players. All NHL officials and "personnel that come into contact with the players" are also vaccinated, but it is unclear how many personnel are included in the league's stats, per NPR.The big picture: With only four out of more than 700 players unvaccinated this season, the NHL has a 99% vaccination rate, according to NPR. Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.The NHL announced in a press release on Wednesday that all but four players are vaccinated. Sources told ESPN last week that the agreement between the NHL and the IOC was still being worked on, but the anticipation is that a deal could be struck in late July.
"With the continued uncertainty with the virus, with the Games being halfway around the world, it's not necessarily an ideal Games to go to," Daly said. That remains our position."īefore the Stanley Cup Final, Bettman said there were "real concerns about whether or not it's sensible to have our players participating and us shutting down for an Olympic break." Among those concerns: the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and how it might impact the Beijing Games. "We agreed that if the conditions were right and we could reach an agreement on all the material issues that we would commit and support going to the Olympics. "We negotiated in good faith with the Players' Association last summer," deputy commissioner Bill Daly said last month. The league still needs to iron out issues with the International Olympic Committee that the NHL claims prevented the players from going in 2018. But that agreement didn't guarantee NHL players would represent their nations in the Winter Games.
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"I don't believe there will be an update on the Olympics by the time we release the schedule," Bettman said ahead of the Seattle Kraken expansion draft. The schedule, which will be released Thursday, will include a caveat that NHL participation in the 2022 Winter Games isn't yet guaranteed. The Olympic break is reportedly scheduled from Feb. The NHL's 2021-22 regular-season schedule will include a break for the Winter Olympics in Beijing, commissioner Gary Bettman said Wednesday.
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