The Latest on the impacts of the Covid episode on games around the globe:
The NHL says Vegas Golden Knights forward Tomas Nosek has tried positive for COVID-19 after he was eliminated from playing in a 5-4 win over Anaheim on Tuesday night.
Nosek has been put in seclusion and the class is leading close-contact following. The NHL says the Golden Knights home game against the Ducks stays planned for Thursday, forthcoming test consequences of players and staff in the two groups.
Nosek’s positive test prompted the Golden Knights to drop practice in Wednesday after the group didn’t make anybody accessible for video interviews following the game.
In other Covid pandemic turns of events, Minnesota forward Victor Rask was added to the NHL’s COVID-19 rundown. The Wild currently have 13 players on the rundown, with their games deferred through at any rate Saturday.
New Jersey’s tally of players on the rundown is down to 17 after advances Kyle Palmieri and Pavel Zacha were taken out. Additionally eliminated from the rundown was Chicago Blackhawks forward Lucas Wallmark.
The Atlantic Coast Conference reported Wednesday that the Virginia Tech at Boston College ladies’ ball game planned for Sunday has been deferred.
Boston College stays in COVID conventions, which caused the deferment, and is following ACC wellbeing conventions.
A cosmetics date was not given.
Western Illinois’ football season opener at South Dakota has been deferred in light of COVID-19 issues in the WIU program.
The groups were planned to meet in Vermillion, South Dakota, on Feb. 19. The game was rescheduled for April 17 at the DakotaDome.
Western Illinois plays in the Championship Subdivision Missouri Valley Conference, which deferred its football season the previous fall in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Each group is playing eight games this spring.
The University of Hartford has become the third ladies b-ball program in the America East Conference to end its season early.
Lead trainer Morgan Valley said the choice was made at a group meeting on Wednesday.
“With different isolates, shutdowns, missed occasions, dropped/rescheduled games, and numerous questions, we concluded that this is the best way ahead for our program now,” Valley said in an articulation.
The group, which played just meeting games this season, completed 3-9.
The other two America East ladies groups that have halted their seasons are Vermont and UMBC.
