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The Big Ten announced Monday a new COVID-19 regulation for the 2021-22 season.<\/p>\n

“In collaboration and communication with the Big Ten Conference Athletic Directors, Chancellors and Presidents, the Task Force for Emerging Infectious Diseases, and the Sports Medicine Committee \u2013 effective today \u2013 the conference has determined that if one of its member institutions is unable to play a conference contest due to COVID-19, that contest shall be declared a forfeit and will not be rescheduled. That contest shall be considered a loss for the team impacted by COVID-19 and a win for its opponent in the conference standings. If both of the two competing teams are unable to participate in a scheduled Conference competition due to COVID-19 and as a result the competition is unable to occur on the calendar day on which it is scheduled, the competition shall be considered a ‘no contest.'”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Big Ten announced Monday a new COVID-19 regulation for the 2021-22 season. “In collaboration and communication with the Big Ten Conference Athletic Directors, Chancellors and Presidents, the Task Force for Emerging Infectious Diseases, and the Sports Medicine Committee \u2013 effective today \u2013 the conference has determined that if one of its member institutions is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":124443,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[812],"coauthors":[901],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nBig Ten announces new COVID-19 game rule for upcoming 2021-22 season - College Hockey | USCHO.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Big Ten announced Monday a new COVID-19 regulation for the 2021-22 season. 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