Massachusetts on Thursday ordered the shutdown of every indoor ice skating facility in the state for two weeks in response to several COVID-19 clusters linked to ice hockey games and practices.
The new order from the state Department of Public Health that went into effect Friday at 5 p.m. and lasts until 12:01 a.m. on Nov. 7. College and professional programs are exempt from the order, the DPH said.
We have seen this over the last week happening in New Hampshire as well. The Government feels the need to step in and shutdown hockey across the state due to COVID-19. It is odd that this new order does not effect college and professional games. I would think that if they really feel that hockey is a “super spreader” for the virus that they would shutdown both college and pro hockey as well. The only ones that are effected by this order is youth and junior hockey
There has been a tremendous amount of backlash from the hockey community involving the New Hampshire shutdowns and we can only expect that there will be an uprising of hockey fans, players, families, coaches and owners that believe this is an un-needed order that will not help anything. Time will tell.
