Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Mumps the word: Players hope NHL can contain latest outbreak (Yahoo Sports)

This Nov. 25, 2016 photo shows Minnesota Wild's Zach Parise controlling the puck against the Pittsburgh Penguins in the first period of an NHL hockey game in St. Paul, Minn. Minnesota Wild forwards Zach Parise and Jason Pominville have been diagnosed with mumps and must miss at least three games. The Wild announced Monday, Feb. 27, 2017 shortly before faceoff against Los Angeles, that Parise and Pominville have the highly contagious virus along with other members of the organization. (AP Photo/Stacy Bengs)

The return of the mumps has caught some NHL players by surprise and they are counting on the league being better equipped to deal with the second such outbreak in a little over two years. ''Well, it happened the one time, and guys were concerned about it and thought it was going to be kind of gone forever,'' Buffalo Sabres veteran forward Kyle Okposo said Tuesday. The latest outbreak began in Vancouver, where the Canucks announced last weekend defenseman Troy Stecher had been diagnosed while six other players and a trainer were showing symptoms.


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