NHL Postpones Tonight’s Blackhawks-Flames Game
The NHL has postponed tonight’s game between the Chicago Blackhawks and the Calgary Flames after six players and one staff member for the Flames tested positive for COVID-19 this morning.
BREAKING: Tonight's #Blackhawks game has been postponed.
Six Calgary Flames players and one staff member entered the NHL's COVID-19 protocol today.
— Charlie Roumeliotis (@CRoumeliotis) December 13, 2021
The NHL also announced in a statement that Calgary’s games would be postponed through at least December 16:
SCHEDULE UPDATE: @NHLFlames games postponed at least through December 16. https://t.co/F4ArYpFFPh pic.twitter.com/c34OrnpIqM
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) December 13, 2021
This postponement comes on the heels of the Bulls appealing to the NBA to postpone tomorrow night’s game against the Detroit Pistons, because Chicago has NINE players currently out with COVID. So far, the league has effectively told them to suck-it-up. But we’ll see if anything comes of that.
Bulls Are Reportedly Asking the League for Postponement(s)https://t.co/jHzhEfrcRb
— Bleacher Nation Bulls (@BN_Bulls) December 13, 2021