Yesterday the players of the National Hockey League collectively decided that they were not playing last night’s games, nor any of the games that were scheduled to be played today. The decision came after they previously failed to join athletes from across other sports, starting with the NBA’s Bucks and and Magic, in their August 26th wildcat strike in protest of the attempted murder of Jacob Blake by the Kenosha police.
Instead, it wasn’t until the day after, August 27th, amongst growing criticism and backlash from fans and commentators, that news began to emerge of a potential suspension of games within the NHL.