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Originally Posted by Lonestar
I'm not sure if it's been said on previous pages, but I wonder if the "quick cancellation" of this tournament has something to do with all the flack they got for cancelling the women's tournaments outright.
It's not a good look to continue playing the men's games with a potential Covid outbreak looming while cancelling women's games a month down the road...
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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
Window of opportunity to be rescheduled for June/July
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They cancelled all IIHF events in January with the exception of the U21 Mens A Group (ie World Juniors). Three women's events and two mens events I believe. But the optics were horrible I agree, cancelling these other events (two years in a row now for the female U18) but somehow finding a way to reschedule the mends U18 last year. To reschedule this event and not the others sends a very poor message.
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Originally Posted by GirlySports
Everything is getting cancelled. If any of you follow curling the mixed olympic trials were cancelled this week along with most of the womens provincials and a Grand Slam event in a couple of weeks. The Scotties in Thunder Bay in a month is in serious jeopardy. So no surprise here of this cancellation.
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At least 4 football bowl games cancelled outright, including the Holiday Bowl last night which was cancelled on a few hours notice. This thing is affecting more than just hockey. However the international teams and players in hockey (IIHF and also NHL) certainly complicate rule making and decision making for hockey's governing bodies. NHL for example is having a much more difficult time adapting than the NFL due to border issues that other leagues do not need to take into consideration.