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Canadiens games postponed through Sunday because of COVID-19 protocols – Montreal Gazette

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4 years ago

March 23, 2021

Harry Miller

The Canadiens were scheduled to play the Oilers on Wednesday and Friday and the Senators on Sunday at the Bell Centre.

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Stu Cowan • Montreal Gazette

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The Canadiens game against the Edmonton Oilers Monday night at the Bell Centre was the first this season in the all-Canadian North Division to be postponed because of COVID-19 protocols. Photo by Dave Sidaway /Montreal Gazette

The NHL and the Canadiens announced Tuesday evening that all the team’s games have been postponed through Sunday because of COVID-19 protocols.

On Monday afternoon, the Canadiens’ Jesperi Kotkaniemi and Joel Armia were put on the NHL’s COVID Protocol Related Absences list after both players took part in a morning skate at the Bell Sports Complex in Brossard. Monday night’s scheduled game against the Edmonton Oilers at the Bell Centre was postponed less than an hour before the puck was supposed to drop.

The Canadiens were scheduled to play the Oilers again on Wednesday and Friday night at the Bell Centre before facing the Ottawa Senators on Sunday night. Those games have now been postponed.

The Canadiens players were all given COVID-19 tests Tuesday morning at the Bell Sports Complex in Brossard and Kotkaniemi and Armia remained the only two players on the NHL’s updated COVID-related list when it was released on Tuesday evening.

The NHL notes that players can be put on the COVID list for a number of reasons including, among others: “(1) an initial positive test which remains unconfirmed until confirmatory testing is completed pursuant to the Positive Test Protocol; (2) mandated isolation for symptomatic individuals pursuant to the Positive Test Protocol; (3) required quarantine as a high-risk close contact in accordance with the Positive Test Protocol; (4) isolation based on a confirmed positive test result and/or; (5) quarantine for travel or other reasons as outlined in the COVID-19 Protocol.”

Pending test results in the coming days, the Canadiens are expected to open the Bell Sports Complex practice facility next Monday. As of now, the Canadiens’ next game would be next Tuesday in Ottawa against the Senators.

The decision to postpone the games was made by medical groups for the NHL, the NHLPA and the Canadiens.

The Canadiens are in fourth place in the all-Canadian North Division with a 14-8-9 record and have 25 games remaining in this 56-game regular season.

Because of the condensed schedule, it won’t be easy for the NHL to make up the four games the Canadiens will miss. In April, the Canadiens have 16 games in 30 days on their schedule. Their regular season is slated to end on May 8 with four games in eight days that month for the Canadiens.

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Receiver Justin Hardy to miss Redblacks’ regular-season finale

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October 24, 2024

Anne Joseph

OTTAWA – American receiver Justin Hardy will miss the Ottawa Redblacks’ regular-season finale Friday.

Hardy, who leads the CFL in receptions (97) and is second in receiving yards (1,343), was listed off Ottawa’s depth chart Thursday. Hardy was named Wednesday as the Redblacks’ nominee for the league’s outstanding player award.

American Andrew Miller will start in Hardy’s place.

Ottawa (8-7-1) concludes its regular season hosting the Hamilton Tiger-Cats (7-10). The Redblacks have already clinched third in the East and will visit the Toronto Argonauts (10-7) in the division semifinal Nov. 2.

Hamilton has been eliminated from playoff contention.

Incumbent Dru Brown is listed as Ottawa’s starting quarterback.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 24, 2024.

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Bologna-AC Milan soccer match postponed following extensive flooding

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October 24, 2024

Anne Joseph

BOLOGNA, Italy (AP) — AC Milan’s weekend match at Bologna in Italy’s top soccer league has been postponed, Bologna officials announced Thursday following extensive flooding in the central Italian city.

The Serie A match had been scheduled for Saturday.

Bologna is the capital of the Emilia-Romagna region, large parts of which have been hard hit by torrential rains and bad weather for days.

The game was not immediately rescheduled.

“Following the flood that affected Bologna, intense work is underway to clean up the situation,” the city of Bologna said while announcing the game postponement on X.

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Shapovalov advances to Swiss Indoors quarterfinals with win over Bautista Agut

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October 24, 2024

Anne Joseph

BASEL, Switzerland – Canada’s Denis Shapovalov advanced to the quarterfinals of the Swiss Indoors tennis tournament with a 6-3, 7-6 (4) win over Roberto Bautista Agut on Thursday.

Shapovalov used a strong service game to overcome the Spanish veteran for the win at the ATP 500 event in just under one hour 40 minutes.

The 25-year-old from Richmond Hill, Ont., fired 18 aces, including one to set up match point in the second-set tiebreaker, and won 79 per cent of first-serves and 63 per cent of second-serve points.

Shapovalov, a former top-10 player on the ATP Tour, entered this year’s Swiss Indoors ranked 95th and will appear in just his second quarterfinal of the season.

He improved to 3-0 against Bautista Agut, who he beat in July en route to a quarterfinal appearance in Washington.

Shapovalov will next face the winner of a match scheduled for later Thursday between defending champion Felix Auger-Aliassime of Montreal and France’s Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 24, 2024.

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