KHL announced on Wednesday the “joker” away from Thursday’s away match with the cancellation of Magnitogorsk’s “Metallurg”.
“Because most of the Jokerit club’s players, coaches and medical staff are in quarantine and there is not enough time to submit travel documents to the team’s newcomers, the away game in Magnitogorsk, which was due to take place on Thursday, November 12, has been canceled,” KHL said. .
The league will additionally announce the fate of this game.
The club’s website also confirms that the team’s Thursday away game in Magnitogorsk has been canceled, and Saturday’s game in Yaroslavl with “Lokomotiv” has been postponed to November 19.
“Recent coronavirus tests performed by quarantined team members have found positive results,” the club’s press service said.
Seven new cases of infection have been detected in quarantine coronavirus tests on Sunday and Monday, according to the club’s website. “The quarantine for team members with negative test results ends at the end of this week, after which they will be able to join the co-training,” the club explains.
The next Jokerit game is scheduled for Monday at their home against Chelyabinsk’s Traktor.
The Jokerit team has had Covid-19 on several occasions this season.
With 23 points in 18 matches, the “jokers” ranked eighth in the KHL Western Zone.
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