The Women’s Lions game was postponed – this is how Finnish puck boss Kimmo Oikarinen commented

Naisleijonien the Olympic tournament in Milan took a nasty turn right at the handshake, when Finland had to postpone Thursday’s opening match against Canada due to the norovirus epidemic.

The Finnish women’s national ice hockey team was supposed to face Canada on Thursday in a match starting at 22:10, but due to the health situation of the Finnish team, the match had to be postponed a week later to Thursday, February 12.

GM of the Finnish team Kimmo Oikarinen recently opened the background of the decision.

“The final decision came from the International Olympic Committee’s IOC, because the games are practically more IOC’s than IIHF’s. I want to emphasize that there has been good cooperation with the IIHF and the IOC and, above all, with the Canadian Federation,” commented Oikarinen.

Oikarinen does not remember a similar case where a match at the Olympics had to be postponed.

According to Oikarinen, the possibility of canceling the match came up for the first time on Wednesday.

“On Wednesday morning, information started coming from the doctor that you need to be able to react quickly.”

Currently According to Oikarinen, the health situation of female lions is improving. On Thursday, there were only eight field players and two goalkeepers in the team’s training.

The remaining twelve outfield players and one goalkeeper are in quarantine due to either infection or exposure to norovirus.

“We have to make sure that we can break this cycle. Our doctors work hard in the competition village and, above all, our players work hard.”

“If you think about yesterday and today, the situation is much more positive,” Oikarinen announced.