2021 World Championships

[Lindsay]

I think it’s only a matter of time before the obvious becomes the inevitable and this show gets yanked too, so he will not have been missed.

I am worried about this too. :-(

[Lindsay]

Hockey Canada and USA Hockey are both putting lots of camp content on their websites. Incredibly this is a greater than 1 month long endeavor to do this tourney, what with the bubbles and such. Online coverage gives a glimpse at all they need to do related to Covid. Quite something.

1 minute video of some nice goals from yesterday’s Canada intra squad game:
https://video.hockeycanada.ca/en/c/n...pril-18.106732

[Timothy A]

The Boston Globe ran this same AP story yesterday. Despite the fact that the Atlantic provinces are doing relatively well, the rest of the country is in increasingly wretched shape and Canada is doubling down on protocols, including travel restrictions. Not a happy prospect for no-maskers. I think it’s only a matter of time before the obvious becomes the inevitable and this show gets yanked too, so he will not have been missed.

Covid is here to stay folks. It's not going to get eradicated off the face of the earth. Get the vaccine, then who really gives a crap if you get it or not? It will be a minor inconvenience like a cold. If everyone connected to team USA isn't vaccinated yet, then Million should be fired.

[TinyViking]

Covid is here to stay folks. It's not going to get eradicated off the face of the earth. Get the vaccine, then who really gives a crap if you get it or not? It will be a minor inconvenience like a cold. If everyone connected to team USA isn't vaccinated yet, then Million should be fired.

I'm not sure what your point is? The US is only 26% fully vaccinated, so community risks still exists - we need to think beyond just the players. Canada is further behind in its vaccination rate (3%?), so the risk to its community is still very real.

[Lindsay]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/globaln...-19-rules/amp/

Covid 19 rules in Nova Scotia for the tourney... amazingly since they have their spread under control they get to have some fans at the games.

[Timothy A]

Tourney is cancelled. There has to be a way to move it to the US. As restrictive as Canada has been, it was foolish not to move it to the US out of an abundance of caution months ago.

[Lindsay]

I am so sad, and mad. For the players more than anyone, but also selfishly for fans. This is probably a response based on emotion, but that’s what fandom is - it feels like everyone is getting to play but post graduate women’s hockey players. I am so frustrated. Cannot imagine how the players feel.

[Lindsay]

Tourney is cancelled. There has to be a way to move it to the US. As restrictive as Canada has been, it was foolish not to move it to the US out of an abundance of caution months ago.

Yes. And typical Canada/IIHF boys U18 tourney happens, NHL happens but various Pw hubs are limited and women’s worlds cancelled. As usual various people have loopholes. Talked to someone yesterday that drove into Canada yesterday with no quarantine requirement. Nice.

[Cornholio]

Very spinless and gutless decision - this needs to be moved out of Canada ASAP. There is a proven model on how to hold the tournament 'safely'. There is simply no will and as usual the women are thrown under the bus. If this was being held in Texas like the men's U18 is, there would be no issues. Same for Florida, South Dakota and probably 40 out of the 50 states. Instead, everyone gets to 'wait' until the summer to see if Canada can figure out a way to host. Sorry folks - had multiple opportunities to find a way to make it happen over the past 18 months and still can't do it because they don't give a rip.

[D2D]

Looks like there may be a glimmer of hope. Posted on a different site:

@seanshapiro

Have been told that DFW and the Stars are working on potentially hosting the women’s world championships that were supposed to be in Halifax but cancelled today. Multiple federations have encouraged plan of finding a fit in Texas like u-18 men’s tournament found in frisco/Plano

[Lindsay]

Hope you are right D2D. Visas seems like it would be complicated, but otherwise does not sound impossible.

The players are so professional and diplomatic. There have been very few reports beyond “devastated” which Donna Spencer reported.

Poulin’s last few years: 2018 Four Nations where Canada didn’t play great, injured for 2019 Clarkson Cup and Worlds, 2019 Four Nations cancelled, 19/20 no league, 2020 worlds cancelled, 20/21 still no league, 21 worlds postponed twice. Just hard to witness. Can’t imagine it on a player level.

[Hockeybuckeye]

If the games do get relocated to US soil perhaps the Canadian team should be excluded to make Canada feel the sting for screwing everything up? (I'm not serious but I do kind of feel that way!)

[Lindsay]

Buckeye your posts always make me laugh. :-)

jill Saulnier wrote an eloquent post on Instagram that seems to capture the sentiment of the players. Alex Rigsby Cavallini is keeping it real in her Insta stories too. Good for them.

[Hockeybuckeye]

Buckeye your posts always make me laugh. :-)

Glad to hear it! I feel if you can't make light of things and put it in a humorous context then you'll find the serious stuff in life too overwhelming.

[Lindsay]

https://nhl.nbcsports.com/2021/04/22...mpression=true

Roundup by Marisa Ingemi of how players are feeling.

Other comments on social media:

“We are wrecked” - Kendall Coyne,

“Am I even a hockey player?” - Sarah Nurse

”It is very difficult for us women’s hockey players to be positive right now (lists all the cancellations) ...we are doing our best to keep inspiring the younger generation, to keep girls in sport longer...but at one point, we are going to need people to step up and join our fight.” Ann Renee Desbiens


Bad state of affairs. It is more than one tourney being cancelled. I understand why publicly Hockey Canada, USA Hockey and IIHF are being respectful to Nova Scotia’s decision.
Anyone know what the private reaction is? Are those bodies actually doing anything to get players on the ice playing a competitive game?


Canada has 47 players at their camp. Some have to go back to school but can the rest put on jerseys, gets some refs and some tv cameras and play a weekend series somewhere else in Canada? It’s crumbs but better than nothing, after a whole season of nothing. If there was ever a time to make a few Canadian PW events happen it’s now.