Coming out of the holiday break, hockey in North America is back in full swing after a brief pause in play for the NHL and several team-specific shutdowns in the minor leagues.
For Bruins affiliates Providence and Maine, enduring cancellations and last-minute schedule changes has become commonplace, unfortunately, as both the AHL and ECHL look to forge on through a global surge in COVID cases.
Providence saw three more of its games postponed due to opposing teams being unable to play — this after the Bruins affiliate spent two weeks idle for the same reason. Maine also had two cancellations with a pair of matchups against Worcester after Christmas being shifted to later dates.