On Wednesday, the National Women’s Hockey League announced that it was suspending the shortened season in Lake Placid after multiple new cases of COVID-19 were discovered.
Two teams, the Connecticut Whale and the Metropolitan Riveters, had already withdrawn from the competition due to positive tests. The suspension comes on the eve of what would’ve been an enormous opportunity for the NWHL, as the Isobel Cup semifinal games (as well as the final) were scheduled to be nationally televised events.
The Boston Pride were set to play the Minnesota Whitecaps on Thursday in the semifinals.
Elsewhere on Wednesday, the Bruins rallied from a 3-1 deficit to defeat the Flyers in overtime, 4-3.