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Vegas Golden Knights left wing Tomas Nosek (92) controls the puck in front of Arizona Coyotes right wing Conor Garland (83) during the first period of an NHL hockey game Friday, Jan. 22, 2021, in Glendale, Ariz.

Golden Knights forward Tomas Nosek was placed in the NHL’s COVID-19 protocols today after returning a positive test result for the virus during Tuesday’s game against the Anaheim Ducks, the league announced today.

Nosek, who was tested before the game, was immediately pulled from the ice once the test result came back.

“Nosek was immediately isolated from his teammates and close contact tracing was begun,” the league said in a statement.

The league said Thursday’s scheduled 7 p.m. game between the Golden Knights and Ducks will go on as planned.

The issue started to become apparent when the Golden Knights, shortly after defeating the Ducks on Tuesday at T-Mobile Arena, canceled their postgame news conference. After Ducks player Troy Terry did a normal postgame availability, the Ducks canceled the rest of their press conference as well.

Vegas later that night canceled today’s practice.

Ducks coach Dallas Eakins today said the Golden Knights received news of a positive test during the game, though he did not find out about it until afterward.

“Obviously the other team had a positive case and that puts everybody on red alert,” Eakins said. “And I certainly didn’t want to be sitting in a media room where other people have been and you’re not quite sure about what’s going on.”

Eakins said he noticed Nosek did not play the third period but assumed it was because of injury.

The Golden Knights did not make anyone available to comment today.

Article written by #LasVegasSun

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