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The management of the NHL New York Islanders sent the Slovak hockey player Richard Pánik back to the farm for the lower overseas AHL competition. In addition, the defenders Paul LaDue and Thomas Hickey travel to the Bridgeport Islanders.
The New York team transferred the trio to the AHL after the profiliga gave the team the green light to return to the competition after postponing two matches for Covid-19. The disease significantly affected the cadre, in which several supports were absent.
However, already on Wednesday, the “islanders” trained together again, while several players from the covid list were on the ice, such as Anders Lee, Josh Bailey, Ross Johnston, Adam Pelech and Andy Greene. Slovak defender Zdeno Chara still remains on the covid list, as do Casey Cizikas and Kieffer Bellows. They shouldn’t be playing in the next game on Friday night against San Jose.
Panik started the year on a farm in Bridgeport, where he scored two goals in 11 games. After the covid problems, the NY Islanders called him to the first team on November 20, for which he played four duels with the gain of assistance. The 30-year-old winger previously wore Tampa Bay, Toronto, Chicago, Arizona, Washington and Detroit jerseys in the NHL. The information was provided by sportsforecaster.com and the official NY Islanders website.
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