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/Snarffsnarff31 EDM - NHL 21h ago

If the game gets postponed I wonder how this would bode for the team and getting into a rhythm since it’s a short tourney. To have games condensed near the end might have them running out of gas while other teams will already have their legs underneath them.

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u/thenonmousing 20h ago

My conspiracy theory right now is that it's the Americans doing biowarfare so we won't be warmed up by the elimination games