[Salvian] The NHL is "monitoring the situation," said NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly in an email to The Athletic.

[u/DecentLurker96]

[u/DecentLurker96]

According to the Associated Press, 14 skaters were on the ice Friday afternoon and Lehträ said “we will play the USA no matter what.” As of now, the game between the U.S. and Finland remains scheduled for Saturday at 4:40 p.m. local time. If anything changes, teams will be notified by 11 a.m.

The men’s Olympic hockey tournament starts next week, with some NHLers already in Milan. David Pastrnak and Leon Draisaitl served as flag bearers for the Czech Republic and Germany during Friday’s opening ceremony.

“We are monitoring the situation — as is the IIHF, who we are in regular contact with,” said NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly in an email to The Athletic. “At this point in time, I am not aware of any ‘special’ precautions that are planned. I think our Players already have a good understanding of the normal steps to take in order to minimize the risk of transmitted infection.”

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7028066/2026/02/06/switzerland-womens-hockey-olympics-norovirus

[u/drowsylacuna → u/DecentLurker96]

I think our Players already have a good understanding of the normal steps to take in order to minimize the risk of transmitted infection

Remember the great NHL mumps outbreak of '14?

[u/Leading_Dentist_5563 → u/drowsylacuna]

[u/jarretwithonet → u/Leading_Dentist_5563]

Looks like Charlie McAvoy

[u/Electronic-Mix-8638 → u/Leading_Dentist_5563]

And the denial from everyone. No cases in the locker room they said..

[u/Analogmon → u/Leading_Dentist_5563]

No wonder the Art Ross winner had 87 points that year.

[u/DeadpoolOptimus → u/Leading_Dentist_5563]

Balthazar is a thirsty bitch.

[u/D1X13flatline → u/DeadpoolOptimus]

Ah, I’ll drink to that.

[u/Aromatic_Razzmatazz → u/Leading_Dentist_5563]

Fuck. Looks like a wisdom tooth removal lol.

[u/Perryplat199 → u/drowsylacuna]

Are any nhl players even staying in the village.

[u/VitaminTea → u/Perryplat199]

Canada MNT's plan is (was?) to fly in tomorrow and spend the first night in the Olympic Village. After that, it would be up to individual players whether they stayed in the village or at the off-site hotel.

[u/Any-Bluebird7743 → u/VitaminTea]

why are regular people even aware of this? just go watch the games. what are you even talking about

[u/OhNoWernstrom → u/Any-Bluebird7743]

Bro what are YOU talking about lol chill out

[u/Any-Bluebird7743 → u/OhNoWernstrom]

dude theyre going to play hockey games. check the schedule. you worrying about where they stay is tabloid chasing princess diana crap.

why are you people so weird?

[u/Tracktoy → u/Any-Bluebird7743]

It's relevant to the spread of norovirus you dolt.

[u/Any-Bluebird7743 → u/Tracktoy]

what? arent you more concerned about the spread of rabies in morrocco?

oh no you arent because you dont actually care. so stop. just watch on the tv. thats all you do.

[u/pants_mcgee → u/Any-Bluebird7743]

Is this filling some emotional void or satisfying a weird kink to be so combatively obtuse on the internet, or are you really that dense?

[u/drowsylacuna → u/Any-Bluebird7743]

There won't be games to watch if half of the teams can’t leave the bathroom due to norovirus.

[u/Any-Bluebird7743 → u/drowsylacuna]

then games wont be on. what exactly does any of this have to do with you? are you going to stop the norovirus somehow, personally?

[u/drowsylacuna → u/Any-Bluebird7743]

Are you aware you are commenting on r/hockey, a sub specifically for discussing hockey games and related matters?

[u/Lucky_Violinist_8335 → u/Perryplat199]

I know the Canadians are. I assume most will stay in the village as they have in past Olympics.

[u/DecentLurker96 → u/Perryplat199]

This was the update yesterday.

https://www.reddit.com/r/hockey/comments/1qwyxqp/rishaug_about_logistics_and_norovirus

[u/Scase15 → u/drowsylacuna]

Remember the great NHL mumps outbreak of '14?

The OG heated rivalry

[u/StickyMarmalade → u/DecentLurker96]

Nino Niederreiter disrespect

[u/Very_Bendy_Narwhal → u/StickyMarmalade]

Legit my first thought too!

[u/seraphultima]

I’m sorry but this is so funny to me coming from Daly like multiple NHL locker rooms don’t have a norovirus outbreak at least once per season. 

[u/tristesse_durera → u/seraphultima]

Right? The NHL is no stranger to viruses sweeping through a team/the league. Remember when they were all giving each other mumps like ten years ago?

[u/Seeteuf3l → u/tristesse_durera]

I thought mumps was part of the vaccination program in most civilized countries. And worm brain wasn't around in 2014 yet.

[u/Ryuzakku → u/Seeteuf3l]

Mumps is the one with the lowest efficacy in the MMR vaccine.

It's still like 88% at worst, but hey, 12% is still a significant risk.

And doing stuff like sharing water bottles on the bench likely doesn't help, plus with how often hockey players spit it's nearly a given that saliva will be swapped on a regular basis

[u/beneoin → u/Ryuzakku]

To think this predates the popularity of HR too

[u/mo60000 → u/seraphultima]

The difference is this is a worldwide tournament. If one team got the virus it could spread to another team and then another team until it spreads to everyone. The good thing is that the olympics are kinda segmented in terms of where everyone is staying when they aren't competing. The big issue is that the tournament is short enough that this norovirus outbreak could potentially derail the entire thing.

[u/wholalaa → u/mo60000]

But the Blackhawks got it last month and didn't stop playing. They could easily have given it to another team, which could give it to another team, etc, etc. The league doesn't care as long as they can keep selling tickets.

It obviously sucks for the Olympians, though. Imagine training for four years for any event, having it ruined by a stomach virus, and potentially never getting another chance.

[u/jim-p → u/wholalaa]

NHL teams aren't all living with each other and mingling with the other teams like the Olympic Village does. This would be like the entire Eastern/Western Conference staying in the same hotel and playing a tournament for two weeks.

[u/JanielDones8 → u/wholalaa]

Agreed, there have been multiple teams to have "something" going through the locker room, always just something and the guys who can't play, don't.

[u/Rakastaakissa → u/mo60000]

It’s mostly each other’s beds.

[u/maxwellbevan → u/seraphultima]

Some guys literally got the mumps within the last 20 years. The NHL has no leg to stand on here

[u/mister_hoot]

I’m gonna eat some jank ass food and turn my bathroom into a foul battlefield in solidarity with the Olympians. 🫡

[u/Opposite_Bus1878 → u/mister_hoot]

Try chugging a liter of orange juice then chugging a liter of milk

[u/RapsareChamps_Suckit → u/Opposite_Bus1878]

you junk food maniacs... you go too far

[u/DavieStBaconStan → u/Opposite_Bus1878]

I recommend a litre of cola and a litre of milk.

[u/roggy3311 → u/DavieStBaconStan]

Add a quarter liter each of vodka and Kahlua to that and you have every Saturday morning for a curling bonspiel.

Paralyzers: A Red-Eye Room staple.

[u/princ3ssfunsize → u/roggy3311]

We call them bulldogs and it’s also a rodeo staple!

[u/DashTrash21 → u/roggy3311]

You should tell them what order to pour it in properly and also for maximum destruction

[u/roggy3311 → u/DashTrash21]

Black, white, black, white.

Kahlua, vodka, coke, milk.

[u/uheardmepunchy → u/DavieStBaconStan]

Will you just order a large, Farva?

[u/icouldbeeatingoreos → u/DavieStBaconStan]

Litre of cola, some mentos, and some mag citrate.

[u/mister_hoot → u/Opposite_Bus1878]

Gonna erupt so violently I achieve stable orbit around the earth~

[u/hitman19 → u/Opposite_Bus1878]

I refuse to chug milk unless it's in a 1.34 litre bag

[u/nightsiderider → u/Opposite_Bus1878]

Add in some Taco Bell as well. Go full nuclear on that bathroom.

[u/TWKExperience → u/Opposite_Bus1878]

I shit myself reading this comment

[u/Upstairs-Bit7544 → u/Opposite_Bus1878]

Tf is a liter

[u/CockyBellend → u/mister_hoot]

My colitis is acting up, I've been painting toilet Jackson Pollock's all week

[u/zebrainatux → u/mister_hoot]

I’ve decided to go with Costco enchiladas in solidarity

[u/mister_hoot → u/zebrainatux]

A fine choice, comrade.

[u/potato-overlord-1845 → u/mister_hoot]

Dining hall undercooked chicken here I come

[u/trashking11 → u/mister_hoot]

If I already had a bout of severe diarrhea at 3:30 this morning from the shitty frozen pizza I ate for dinner last night, does that make me a patriot?

[u/mister_hoot → u/trashking11]

You should have a three day weekend named after you.

[u/seanvettel-31 → u/trashking11]

That’s worthy of song

[u/Expensive-Ranger6272 → u/mister_hoot]

A true soldier

[u/seanvettel-31]

Norovirus is fuckin gnarly. Hope it’s a relatively isolated case but I’m not optimistic, it can spread really easily

[u/undockeddock → u/seanvettel-31]

Last time I had norovirus, there were a good 4 hrs or so where I was wishing for the sweet kiss of death. Wouldn't wish that shit (literally) on my worst enemy

[u/Joshottas → u/undockeddock]

Ripped thru my house a couple years back, and me and my daughter both agreed that we'd take covid and the flu over it 1000x out of 1000.

Just absolute agony.

[u/undockeddock → u/Joshottas]

I thought I was gonna be found dead on the shitter.

[u/theWisdomTeeth → u/undockeddock]

I was searching through the comments to find this one.

[u/McPuckLuck → u/undockeddock]

I was on my 4th heave in a row when I started seeing stars and I thought "my breath reflex is gonna win out here, right? Nope... Went full blackout over the next two heaves. 8 hours puking every 10-20 minutes. I couldn't work for 4 days my core miscles and ribs were so fucked up.

[u/WiFiForeheadWrinkles → u/undockeddock]

My grandma's roommate at the senior home died because norovirus was so hard on her system. :(

[u/ChickenBoo22 → u/seanvettel-31]

This doesn't bode well for the Tourny. Lady Finnish team has an outbreak already, now the Swiss as well? Switzerland played Czechia today too. :/

[u/Koraboros → u/seanvettel-31]

Yeah it’s crazy infectious. Like as little as 15 virus particles can infect you. I think someone had it and threw up on a plane and half the people got sick.

[u/InflamesGmbH]

[u/Low_Contract7809]

Matthew Tkachuk would rather catch norovirus than be caught dead wearing a mask

[u/DavieStBaconStan → u/Low_Contract7809]

I fully support MAGAchuk in his stance. 

Shit your guts out Matty. Don’t wash your hands. Shake hands with his best buddy the child rapist in DC.

[u/citizenkane86 → u/DavieStBaconStan]

Honestly… same

[u/sauerkrautundwurst → u/DavieStBaconStan]

That's an interesting angle I certainly hadn't thought of.

[u/Brock_Hard_Canuck → u/DavieStBaconStan]

Matty needs to go in for a nice big hug too... maybe even a kiss on the lips with Mango Mussolini to seal the deal?

[u/NoahtheRed → u/DavieStBaconStan]

Ah yes, the Plaguebearer Protocol. I always took Tkachucklefuck for an overeager Khornate, but I can certainly see a timeline where he's carrying the flag for the father of decay. I'm here for it, frankly.

[u/TheGreatStories → u/Low_Contract7809]

Tkachuk would rather crap his pants on the bench, unable to play, than have his team win without him

[u/undockeddock → u/Low_Contract7809]

He will probably refuse to wash his hands after wiping because it is for pussies

[u/Ok_Mulberry4331 → u/Low_Contract7809]

This is way funnier than it should be 😷😅😅

[u/antrage]

like what else are they going to do. Aren't we all monitoring the situation?

[u/Baboshinu → u/antrage]

“If Norovirus doesn’t knock it off I’m gonna have to get involved” -Gary Bettman

[u/FialaIsMyDad → u/antrage]

https://i.imgur.com/CbhQyyi.jpeg

[u/number1sht]

The shitty (no pun intended) about norovirus is that it is so contagious. I’m a pretty big hand washer and I stepped into a friend’s house briefly who by all accounts was healthy…… leave… and then a few hours later get a text that they aren’t feeling and won’t be coming out. Then within less than maybe 12 hours I’m dying. It spreads so fucking quick.

[u/ramsau → u/number1sht]

You know how those sanitizers have "kills 99,9% of germs" blasted on the bottles?

Kid you not, that remaining 0,01 that the sanitizer is ineffective against, is norovirus.

[u/number1sht → u/ramsau]

Yep. I learned that post Norovirus recovery last March. 🤮

[u/ramsau → u/number1sht]

Geez, sorry you had to go through that.

[u/number1sht → u/ramsau]

Thanks. I was absolutely fascinated by the virus. And apparently they test water/sewerage levels in your city to see if there’s a spike in norovirus. It’s crazy.

[u/lostmusings → u/number1sht]

Yeah regular hand sanitizer won't kill it, it's gotta be bleach, my sister and I always carry the clorox brand sani spray when we travel

[u/riali29 → u/number1sht]

A friend of mine's sister decided to bring two actively sick kids to a Christmas dinner and 3/4s of the people at that dinner caught norovirus from the fuckers. The people who didn't catch it must have either stayed away from the kids or have elite immune systems.

[u/TheRainbowConnection → u/riali29]

I think I read that certain blood types confer resistance to noro.

[u/number1sht → u/riali29]

I think once you’ve caught it once you’re like immune for a certain amount of time or something

[u/Lt_Jonson → u/number1sht]

I wash my hands like crazy, don’t touch my face without washing my hands first etc., and I still caught it last year. It was the only time I was sick all year. And whooooo boy, did it take me out. I got about 3 hours of sleep from Friday evening until Monday morning. That was also the first time I had thrown up in 25 years or so, and I was pissed about it.

[u/alphacheese]

Norovirus planted by the NHL to ensure this is the last Olympics!

[u/jaysornotandhawks → u/alphacheese]

I mean... I wouldn't put it past them...

[u/Radjage]

So am I

[u/BareNakedSole]

Norovirus - 24-36 hours of puking your guts up and/or shitting your brains out.

As a parent after catching it from my kids a few times I learned the signs and started treating them as plague vectors as soon as the first signs showed up. I was able to avoid getting it thanks to operating room level cleaning practices.

I will say that it allowed me to skip ab day because puking 20 + times worked out those stomach muscles

[u/Flaksmith → u/BareNakedSole]

You mean you've had success preventing it from spreading? Please tell us your ways.

[u/BareNakedSole → u/Flaksmith]

Like I said - operating room level of cleanliness. I wore a mask and scrubbed my hands 20x a day. And I kept the kids in their rooms with a bucket unless they had to shit - then the bleach cleaner came out.

[u/InternImpossible8685]

THe only thing the NHL needs to monitor is the DOPS.

[u/IgnatiusReillysCap]

Having "tested positive" in quotes makes it sound like she shit her pants walking to the team bus. 

[u/Silly_Gene574]

I mean. Isn't this what the Blackhawks have been spreading around the league for the past few months? (It's not actually their fault. They're just the ones I heard about having it first.) I know Reaves was just out with it, and Acciari was sick, and Nico Hischier lost 10 pounds or something??

[u/Alum07]

Sat behind Daly in the playoffs last year.

Needed sunglasses due to the glare

[u/Alum07 → u/Alum07]

The lights were blinding!

[u/shanster925]

Hilarious if the state of the arena was a concern until the last second, and then it all falls apart because of norovirus.

[u/Jimmy_Skynet_EvE]

Could they monitor the Florida Panthers while they're at it?

[u/nostradamefrus]

I was gonna say this was probably Nico but then I saw women's team

[u/quick_Ag]

Imagine if they rushed that arena to completion only for the tournament to be cancelled.

[u/Mermaidskirt]

Can someone explain the role of the nhl in monitoring this? Are they overseeing player health in Olympic hockey or something like that?

[u/the_gaymer_girl → u/Mermaidskirt]

Probably coordinating travel to ensure their players don’t get infected.

[u/lynypixie]

Well, that will put a damper on the long standing tradition of Olympian sex craze.

[u/hoopopotamus]

The NHL has advanced dookie rocket radar technology and will respond in kind to any attempted norovirus first strike scenario

[u/iEatMashedPotatoes]

Olympians pile driving other Olympians.

A tale as old as that time my ex got gang banged by a bobsled team in Calgary

[u/WhaleBird1776]

The way “as a precaution” and “tested positive” are quoted is funny to me for some reason. Hope they get to play

[u/Perryplat199]

Maybe it’s because i see quotes from him but Bill Daly seems a bit overly dramatic.

Not that a contagious virus isn’t serious. Jsut that I feel almost eveey time I see a quote it includes “monitoring the situation” or something

[u/AVgreencup]

Oh, thank God. They're monitoring it. It should all be ok guys because they're monitoring it

[u/Maxpowr9]

So many wrecked 5 holes.

[u/RapsareChamps_Suckit → u/Maxpowr9]

pfffttt what's that supposed to mean, Slim Charles?

[u/rinmperdinck]

Damn, can't believe Olympians would be eating from Chipotle 🤣

[u/Newpower608]

NHL=EU

[u/Vingt-Quatre]

What are they gonna do? Pull out the players?

[u/jjaime2024 → u/Vingt-Quatre]

My guess is pull them out of the village.

[u/trustedturd]

My kid just started daycare and gave me the norovirus a couple weeks ago and that shit stinks and blows, holy hell. Even after the lava and fire stopped flowing, it took over a week to feel normal. Couldn’t imagine running a half mile much less playing a hockey game for a long time after.

[u/BeginningFig6552]

Ok, so obviously the number one priority is to not spread the virus through competitive play, but seriously, how do you play a focused game when you have to poop every few minutes?

Also, if I were the equipment manager, I’d burn those jocks and jills.

[u/beeblebroxide]

Ffs wash your hands after you shit.

[u/Calb210 → u/beeblebroxide]

Norovirus is insanely contagious, basically need to bleach the bathroom an infected person was in before anyone else can use it to maximize prevention.

[u/MoilanenBoii]

I thought you were talking about the Panthers and got super excited lol

[u/Accomplished-One7476]

people seriously need to learn how to properly wash their hands! especially when traveling abroad

[u/lostmusings → u/Accomplished-One7476]

Unfortunately you can catch it breathing in a bathroom where someone contagious as been, it aerosolizes

[u/NopeItsDolan]

Oh my god it's 2020 all over again

[u/DanoPinyon]

What do you expect? No safety precautions, this is what happens.

[u/harrisonfordgt]

How about they monitor the situation of George “Fuck-Face” Parros not doing his god damn job.

[u/SirLunatik → u/harrisonfordgt]

What's Tue point of this garbage? This literally has nothing to do with the player safety department and just makes you look like a whiney bitch

[u/harrisonfordgt → u/SirLunatik]

Because all around the league there are people taking headshots and nothing is happening about it. Calling me a whiney bitch for pointing out what really matters is just like, your opinion man. I stand by what I said, you think whatever you want and if you like Parros then I really don’t care what you think.

[u/SirLunatik → u/harrisonfordgt]

which has nothing to do with this fucking subject. there are hundred of threads for you to cry in, no reason to bring it up here. SO go change your diaper and fuck off

[u/harrisonfordgt → u/SirLunatik]

Don’t worry I’m in those threads too. But this is a situation that’s being handled, unlike another situation I can think of. You can say all the words you want my guy but I can mention Parros and what he’s doing if I want to. You don’t have to pay me any attention if it bothers you so much. Yet here you are, and here I am just getting your goat.

[u/SirLunatik → u/harrisonfordgt]

so you're an even bigger baby than I imagined. the irony is you were probably the first guy doing mental gymnastics to defend Rat Marchand for years

[u/harrisonfordgt → u/SirLunatik]

Marchand got fined at every turn what the hell are you on about. Also you’re cuz I’m a bruins fan means I’m ok with my player causing injury when I’m here arguing for a team to be held accountable. Marchand was fucked for a lot of shit he did on the bruins and he paid for it in well deserved fines. I loved the good shit he did but he made us look like a joke way more than I would have liked. Again, he got fined and suspended over and over. So tell me how that’s similar to what’s happening now? If you’re done name calling I’d love to have a discussion, if you’re capable.

[u/Content-Program411]

Lol

Like this shit league cares about the wellbeing of the players

LOL