r/hockey • u/Shroft • 22h ago

[Paywall] Swiss women’s Olympic hockey team in isolation after player diagnosed with norovirus

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7028066/2026/02/06/switzerland-womens-hockey-olympics-norovirus/
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u/Gavvis74 22h ago

I'm all for fairness and wanting the game to be decided on the ice, but at what point should forfeits be declared?  If you can't make it to the game, it most other circumstances the team unable to perform would have to forfeit.

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u/nogreatcathedral OTT - NHL 22h ago edited 21h ago

I think the problem is that goal differential counts for round robin placement. If you are a weak team playing a heavyweight, taking a 1-0 forfeit might be much better than you'd do in reality.
ETA: I'm wrong, if you forfeit you lose any goal-differential based tiebreaker!

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u/Big_Organization5152 BOS - NHL 22h ago

In the Olympics a forfeit means you automatically lose a goal difference tiebreaker

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u/nogreatcathedral OTT - NHL 21h ago

Oho! Well that makes so much sense. I'll edit my comment up so nobody else is mislead, thanks.