Pension Plan Puppets · Sep 8, 2020
Mikko Kokkonen’s team in quarantine after Coronavirus outbreak
Photo by Rich Lam/Getty Images On the weekend the Jukurit club, home of Toronto draft pick Mikko Kokkonen, announced three members of their U20 (junior team) had tested positive for COVID-19. The matches for the junior team and all training for the U20 and younger players were cancelled. The entire U20 team entered quarantine.
The U20 squad had played a match on Firday and Saturday, and per the CEO of the club, Jukka Toivakka, and when the players had symptoms on Sunday night, they reported for a test on Monday. The team had had a meeting the previous week, but had been off over the prior weekend, and many players had gone home or on holiday, per Toivakka.