Vancouver Canucks add goalie Spencer Martin, two assistant coaches to COVID protocol

VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks are down two extra goalies resulting from COVID-19.

Head coach Bruce Boudreau says Spencer Martin has been positioned within the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol and Arturs Silovs of the American Hockey League’s Abbotsford Canucks has examined optimistic for the virus.

Martin made his debut for Vancouver on Friday, backstopping the Canucks (18-18-4) to a 2-1 shootout loss to the Florida Panthers, the NHL’s prime scoring staff.

Star netminder Thatcher Demko and backup Jaroslav Halak are already in protocol, so Michael DiPietro is the lone goalie out there to begin Sunday when the Canucks host the St. Louis Blues.

Rylan Toth of the College of B.C. Thunderbirds will act because the emergency backup goalie.

Assistant coaches Scott Walker and Kyle Gustafson have additionally been added to the protocol, becoming a member of Canucks forwards Bo Horvat, Conor Garland and J.T. Miller.

This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed Jan. 23, 2022.