NHL players learn of NBA postponements minutes after overtime playoff game
This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.Less than two hours after a boycott of an NBA playoff game by the Milwaukee Bucks, members of the Philadelphia Flyers learned about the historic move during a video conference with reporters in the aftermath of a post-season win in Toronto.
“Listen, I’ve been totally involved in this afternoon’s game. I had no idea. It’s the first I’ve heard of this,” Vigneault, a Quebec City native, said.The Bucks’ move – coming just days after the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man, in Wisconsin – resonated around the sports world. The NHL had two playoff games on the schedule on Wednesday night – with the Boston Bruins scheduled to face the Tampa Bay Lightning in Toronto, and the Dallas Stars meeting the Colorado Avalanche in Edmonton.
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