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The women’s Olympic hockey game between Canada and Finland, scheduled for Thursday, has been postponed after Finnish players fell ill with the norovirus.
The game has been rescheduled for Thursday, Feb. 12 (2:30 p.m. ET) at Milano Rho Ice Hockey Arena.
The decision to postpone the game was announced shortly after Finland completed its early afternoon practice with just eight skaters and two goalies. The remaining 13 players are either in quarantine or isolation due to illness that began affecting the team on Tuesday night.
“The International Olympic Committee, the Milano Cortina 2026 Organizing Committee, the International Ice Hockey Federation, Team Finland and Team Canada confirm that the game between Team Finland and Team Canada in the women’s Olympic ice hockey competition scheduled to take place today has been postponed,” the Games Organizing Committee said in a statement.
“The decision was taken following consultations with medical professionals after cases of norovirus were identified within Team Finland. It was made collectively and in accordance with established health and safety principles, with the health and wellbeing of players, team staff, officials and all tournament participants as the highest priority.”
The postponement provides Finland two extra days to rest before playing the U.S. on Saturday. Had their game against Canada not been postponed, Finnish officials were considering the possibility of a forfeiture.
The first game Team Canada will play now is against Switzerland on Saturday at 3:10 p.m. ET.
