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Islanders: Team Sweden positive COVID tests extends quarantine WJC

Simon Holmstrom poses for a portrait after being selected twenty-third overall by the New York Islanders during the first round of the 2019 NHL Draft at Rogers Arena on June 21, 2019 in Vancouver, Canada. (Photo by Kevin Light/Getty Images)

New York Islanders prospect Simon Holmstrom will have to stay in quarantine right up until the start of the World Junior Championship.

On Friday, the IIHF confirmed they found ten cases of COVID-19 during testing at the World Junior Championship in Edmonton. Eight were from Team Germany while the other two came from staff (not players or coaches) from Team Sweden.