The idea was to create a bubble in the old Olympic resort of Lake Placid, but instead chaos has broken out and the last days of the two weeks of play have had to be canceled when you were on the threshold of finding a winner, writes the news agency AP.
Two of the league's six teams had already left Lake Placid with covid-19 in the squad when today's news came.
It came as a big surprise.
NWHL had not yet announced anything about the decision on its website on Wednesday evening Swedish time, where the latest article from earlier today is about the TV broadcast of the semifinals and final.
Dammatch planned in New York
"Our team is devastated not to have the chance to play for the Isobel Cup, but we support the league's decision to prioritize the health of players and staff," said coach one of the defected teams, Metropolitan Riveters' Ivo Mocek, when forced to make the decision. to jump off the playoffs last week.
It was thought that the semi-finals on Thursday and the final on Friday would be broadcast by nationwide NBC, which would increase interest in women's hockey a year before the Olympics in Beijing.
Meanwhile, the rival organization PWHPA (Professional Women's Hockey Players' Association) announces that it will play a match in the classic Madison Square Garden in New York on February 28.