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Breaking: NWHL’s Bubble Bursts, playoffs postponed indefinitely

For the second consecutive year, the Boston Pride have a playoff matchup with the Minnesota Whitecaps cancelled.

Once again, COVID is at the heart of it.

The NWHL and the Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA) have agreed, due to new positive COVID-19 tests and the resulting safety concerns for the players, their respective staff & the community that the remainder of the 2021 NWHL Season in Lake Placid have been suspended.

— NWHL (@NWHL) February 3, 2021

This year the NWHL decided against playing a normal season that involved traveling for home and away games.