MOSCOW, Jan 7 Match of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) regular championship » Jokerit «(Helsinki) -» Avtomobilist «(Yekaterinburg) was canceled due to the impossibility of issuing travel documents for players to replace 11 hockey players who passed positive tests for coronavirus, the next two matches of Yekaterinburg with Avangard Omsk and Dynamo Riga were canceled from — for the risk of an avalanche spread of the epidemic throughout the league, according to the official website of the KHL. 17 people are injured in Avtomobilist due to positive test results for coronavirus. Most of them are asymptomatic. «On January 2, before flying to Helsinki, Avtomobilist showed 11 positive coronavirus tests; due to the impossibility of issuing travel documents for replacement players, it was decided to cancel the game. Avtomobilist flew to Moscow. for the next match (January 5 against Avangard); hockey players from the club's system were also called in. At the same time, the number of positive tests rose sharply to 17. Due to the risk of an avalanche — massive and uncontrolled — spread of the epidemic throughout the league, it was decided to cancel the matches “Avtomobilist” with “Avangard” and Riga “Dynamo”, — the statement of the KHL says. “This case cannot be compared with the situation with“ Salavat Yulaev ”in November 2021, when the club was credited with a technical defeat. Then the local branch of Rospotrebnadzor temporarily suspended the activities of the entire legal entity, the club was not able to play matches either in its own arena or in any other, which would be a violation of the laws of the Russian Federation, «the text says.
