IIHF : The Council of the International Ice Hockey Federation decided to cancel the youth world championship, which started on December 26 in the Canadian cities of Edmonton and Red Deer. Earlier in the tournament, three matches were canceled due to cases of coronavirus infection.
This step was taken after three matches of the tournament were canceled due to positive tests for coronavirus: USA – Switzerland, Czech Republic – Finland and Russia – Slovakia.
In this regard, the IIHF Council decided to cancel the MFM-2022 against the background of the continuing spread of COVID-19, in particular the omicron strain, and also in order to guarantee the health and safety of all participants in the competition.
The tournament was supposed to end on January 5, 2022.
Earlier, Vyacheslav Fetisov predicted the cancellation of the youth world ice hockey championship.
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