Seven additional members of the Vancouver Canucks were added to the NHL's COVID Protocols list on Saturday, bringing the team's total to 14 players.
Forwards Travis Boyd, Jayce Hawryluk, Bo Horvat, Tyler Motte and Brandon Sutter, defenceman Tyler Myers, as well as goaltender Thatcher Demko were the latest players added to the list.
Defencemen Alexander Edler and Quinn Hughes, forwards Zack MacEwen and Antoine Roussel, and goaltender Braden Holtby entered the league's protocols Friday, based on testing and ongoing contact-tracing. Another player from Vancouver's taxi squad, whose name has not been disclosed, was added to the list, too.
At least one member of the coaching staff, who has not been publicly identified at this time, tested positive for the virus and was also added to the list Friday.
They joined Adam Gaudette and Travis Hamonic, who entered the health-and-safety protocols earlier this week, prompting the postponement of Wednesday's game against the Calgary Flames just before the opening faceoff.
A person being on the COVID-19 protocol list does not necessarily mean they received a positive test result for the novel coronavirus, and could stem from them being in close contact with someone who did receive a positive result.
The NHL had already postponed four Canucks games due to the outbreak, which is now not only the largest for a Canadian NHL team at one time this season but is also among the largest any professional North American sports team has faced.
It is not presently known if additional postponements will be necessary. Bill Daly, the NHL's deputy commissioner, told Sportsnet in an email on Friday there had been “no consideration” given to shortening the Canucks’ season by reducing the number of games they’ll play after emerging from their shutdown.
The Canucks are next scheduled to play on April 8 against the Flames. Vancouver cannot return to practice before April 6. Dates for their rescheduled games have not yet been announced.
The Montreal Canadiens were the first North Division team to have their season paused by the novel coronavirus. Two Canadiens players, Jesperi Kotkaniemi and Joel Armia, were added to the league's COVID Protocol List on March 23, which prompted the league to postpone four of the team's games. Montreal was able to return to practice on March 29.
Following these latest alterations to the Canucks' schedule, eight games in the North Division have now been postponed this season, all since March 22.
A total of 50 games have been postponed league-wide since the NHL season began in January, with 45 of those postponements stemming from health-and-safety protocols. The other five were due to weather-related issues.
In light of the postponements, the NHL regular-season schedule was extended and is currently set to conclude on May 11, as opposed to the original end date of May 8.
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