Fred Sasakamoose, the first Indigenous hockey player from Saskatchewan to make it to the NHL, died Tuesday after falling ill with COVID-19, his son said. 

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MONTREAL— It took less than 100 seconds for a reporter to ask <a href="/hockey/nhl/players/phillip-danault/600128" class="sn-player-post-link" target="_blank" data-player="600128" rel="noopener noreferrer">Phillip Danault</a> about his contract situation on Tuesday.
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A "non-core member" of Hockey Canada's National Junior Team staff has tested positive for COVID-19.



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Fred Sasakamoose has tested positive for COVID-19 and is being admitted to hospital for treatment, according to a Facebook statement from his family.

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The NHL is investigating whether former Florida Panthers general manager Dale Tallon made racially insensitive comments during the team's two-week stay in the playoff hub city of Toronto.



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