On Tuesday, Bill Guerin was formally introduced as the general manager of the U.S. men’s ice hockey team, which still plans to send NHL players to the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.
A few hours later, the Minnesota Wild – the team Guerin runs as general manager in his day job – had their game against Carolina postponed due to additional COVID-19 positives on the Hurricanes.
The coronavirus pandemic is, once again, causing NHL schedule disruptions, this time also casting the Olympics excursion for NHL personnel in doubt. Players fought for the chance to go to Beijing in the most recent collective bargaining agreement, after NHL players did not play in the 2018 Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea.