The leadership of the Continental Hockey League (KHL) has suspended the regular season 2021/2022 due to the spread of coronavirus infection. This was reported on the website of the organization.
“Due to the rapid increase in the number of cases in clubs, the high contagiousness of the virus, the League decided to postpone the games,” the KHL said in a statement. In particular, the matches were postponed, which were supposed to take place on January 13, 15, 17, 19 and 21. It is noted that the tournament can be held during the Olympic Games in Beijing. The new KHL calendar will be published by the end of January.
The number of people who received positive test results for coronavirus as of the morning of January 12 in the KHL increased to 171 people, of which 124 are hockey players. Already 17 matches of the tournament have been postponed.
At the moment, the leader of the Western Conference is the St. Petersburg SKA, who scored 66 points in 47 matches, in the Eastern – the Chelyabinsk “Traktor”, which has 73 points in 49 meetings.
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