Timothy A
Let's go RED!
The series is cancelled. Shocker. The B16 has a 21 day no contact period.
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Minnesota Gopher Women's Hockey 20-21
- Thread starter ManBehindTheCurtain
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The series is cancelled. Shocker. The B16 has a 21 day no contact period.
mikahawkins1
New member
Gophers looked unprepared.
ARM
Fan of chipmunk-like mascots.
With MBTC's news, I can confidently advise you to curb your enthusiasm, Tim.
robertearle
Well-known member
The time period between weekend series - six days, generally - might be 'optimally bad' with regard to COVID. Ohio State has not-yet-diagnosed COVID cases, they play Wisconsin, who get infected. Then Wisconsin plays Minnesota six days later. If the infected UW plays happen to not develop symptoms or at least a detectable viral load, they quite likely infect Minnesota players. 'Median' time period between infection and the onset of symptoms is - IIRC - 5.3 days. Luckily for the Minn team, some on UW have a detectable load such that the series gets cancelled.
Happy that the Minn players 'dodged the bullet' this time. Unhappy and worried about UW players, and the OSU players.
This all sucks.
No games in Madison this weekend due to too many Badgers have tested positive. Bummer as I was really looking forward to watching the streams later today and again tomorrow afternoon. It's always a great series and fun to watch.
I do wish all of their players a complete recovery.
I do wish all of their players a complete recovery.
FiveHoleFrenzy
Well-known member
Ooops, at least I had it written down correctly in my calendar! ::confused face goes here::
Good to see! Last games until ??/??/21?
ARM
Fan of chipmunk-like mascots.
Based on the WWCHA experience so far, I can't conclude that the programs who decided to sit this season out were wrong. The good news is that at least when the WCHA coaches want to look for a new dance partner, they all have each other's phone numbers after so many years. Yeah, the SCSU coach is only a year plus into being head coach, but he's been in the league for long enough.
At times like this, I miss Shannon. You know that she'd be claiming that people were getting Covid on purpose, just to gain some imagined competitive advantage. Crowell is far too rational to ever generate any interesting stories. She's like the hockey equivalent of Biden when it comes to successors.
robertearle
Well-known member
does this mean they have worked out the 'Big Ten vs non-Big Ten' rules, or does this 'not count' because it is non-conference?
Timothy A
Let's go RED!
Excellent question. One would assume they would be non-conference unless they then don't play in the tiny tunnels in the wwcha season part II.
Still Eeyore
New member
I cannot find the Big 10's policy regarding non-conference opponents for winter sports anywhere on its site, or in any media. One would figure that, if they wanted us to know what it is, they'd make it available. So, my guess is that they would prefer to make it up as they go along and decided that obscurity was its ally.
FiveHoleFrenzy
Well-known member
FiveHoleFrenzy
Well-known member
I guess....Don't all these games seem like they don't count?
Timothy A
Let's go RED!
Sadly yes.
Still Eeyore
New member
What is it about hockey specifically that leads you to conclude that it's "much more likely to spread the virus than other sports"? Gopher football is shut down, at least temporarily, while Gopher hockey (both men's and women's) are so far unaffected. Meanwhile basketball is just getting started....we'll see what happens with that.
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Still Eeyore
New member
What it is about hockey that leads me to conclude that it's much more likely to spread the virus than other sports is that it has pretty conclusively been much more likely to spread the virus than other sports. Simple empiricism. There have been far more instances of hockey games that have become super spreader events than other sports. No one is entirely sure why, but the suspected culprit is the ventilation systems. Because ice rinks are built to freeze and maintain a sheet of ice, their HVAC systems don't circulate the air as vigorously as those of other buildings. In particular, there seems to be a dead space about 6-9 feet off the ice that gets little circulation. This is exacerbated by the boards, which further restrict air circulation. And the use of shift changes, in which players exert maximum effort while on the ice and then change means that they are probably breathing more heavily.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/12/04/hockey-covid-transmission-outbreaks/
https://abcnews.go.com/US/youth-hoc...-threat-families-fight-stay/story?id=74232730
Sports in general have led to spread, so it's not just hockey, but it is worse. The top professional leagues have the resources to kind of, sort of, make things work, though if they don't keep everyone in a bubble, they've had to make a mockery of the competition to keep it running. No one else does.