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Wings Head Home, Rest Of The Season Suspended

03/12/2020 at 1:59pm EDT

from Helene St. James of the Detroit Free Press,

Instead of heading to an arena, the Detroit Red Wings headed home....

Bettman said in his statement released Thursday afternoon that since the NHL shares so many arenas with the NBA, "and it now seems likely that some member of the NHL community would test positive at some point - it is no longer appropriate to try to continue to play games at this time."

The league's "goal is to resume play as soon as it is appropriate and prudent, so that we will be able to complete the season and award the Stanley Cup."

The league advised clubs not to conduct morning skates Thursday morning, but the Wings already had decided Wednesday not to hold one at Verizon Center. There was no availability with media.

The Wings have 11 games left on their schedule, including four at Little Caesars Arena. The Wings had talked of hoping to play spoiler to teams jockeying for playoff positioning, as the Wings were eliminated from the 2020 playoffs on Feb. 21. When they lost, 5-2, to Carolina on Tuesday, that locked the Wings into a last-place finish.

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