PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Penguins educate Mike Sullivan is unavailable for Thursday evening's game against Philadelphia after being placed within the NHL's COVID-19 protocol.
The team made the announcement a few hours earlier than the Penguins have been scheduled to tackle the Flyers. Assistant teach Todd Reirden will fill in for Sullivan.
The Penguins were grappling with a COVID-19 outbreak given that practising camp opened. Eight players have entered the protocol considering mid-September, together with captain Sidney Crosby and defensemen Marcus Pettersson, Brian Dumoulin and Chad Ruhwedel this week. All could be unavailable to face Philadelphia.
Sullivan referred to Wednesday that Crosby and Pettersson were symptomatic and Ruhwedel become asymptomatic.
Forwards Zach Aston-Reese, Jeff Carter and Jake Guentzel verified positive for COVID-19 on the grounds that working towards camp opened however have considering the fact that returned. Defenseman Kris Letang, placed in the protocol on Oct. 23, skated along with his teammates on Wednesday.
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