A University of Saskatchewan (USask) research team has found that wearing face masks to protect against COVID-19 during play does not affect the sport performance of youth hockey players aged 9-14. Parents of a hockey player under the age of 12 can rest assured that their child can be protected from COVID-19 while still playing at their best.
Ice hockey has been linked to the spread of COVID-19 in the sports community including among youth with multiple case transmissions in the past year being attributed to infected players exposing their teammates to the virus….