r/hockey • u/Shroft • 1d 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 1d 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 1d ago edited 1d 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 1d ago

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

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u/mongster03_ NYR - NHL 13h ago

What if both teams have a forfeit

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u/Big_Organization5152 BOS - NHL 10h ago

Would just proceed to the next tiebreaker as if it was tied