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Carolina-Nashville 1st NHL postponement since season started

members tested positive for a make-up date yet. The
COVID-19. teams aren’t scheduled to
play again in Nashville until
For the Hurricanes, captain the end of the season with
Jordan Staal had been the back-to-back games on May
only player on the NHL’s 7-8.
unavailability list due to CO-
VID-19 protocols. Staal had NHL Commissioner Gary
been on that daily list since Bettman said last week re-
Friday, with the Hurricanes aligning divisions was done
losing at Detroit on Saturday in part in case games needed
then winning 4-2 at Nash- to be postponed.
ville on Monday in that span.
Dallas Stars coach Rick Bow-
Nashville had forward Mi- ness said he was making out
kael Granlund and defense- his team’s schedule “in pen-
man Luca Sbisa on the un- cil” in case it needed to be
availability list Jan. 13 and 14 changed. Their first four
with the Predators claiming games were postponed after
Sbisa off waivers from Win- 17 players tested positive.
nipeg on Jan. 12. Granlund
has remained on the list. He Now the Predators, who gave
arrived Jan. 15 from Finland players Tuesday off after the
and currently is in quaran- postponement, are scheduled
tine. to visit Dallas on Friday night
(AP) — The NHL has two-game set in Nashville. the league said. for the Stars' season opener.
postponed its first game The NHL’s unavailability list The Hurricanes are sched-
since the league’s season “The decision was made out The NHL did not specify covers multiple factors such uled for their home opener
began, calling off Tues- of an abundance of caution to which team prompted the as isolation due to a con- Thursday against Florida,
day night’s game between ensure the health and safety postponement. The NHL firmed positive test or quar- the first of six straight home
Carolina and the Preda- of players, coaches and game already postponed the start antines due to being “a high games including visits from
tors hours after the Hur- day personnel and in consul- of the Dallas Stars' season af- risk close contact.” Tampa Bay and Dallas.
ricanes won the first of a tation with medical experts,” ter six players and two staff The league did not announce

Women-led race team gearing up to run in Indianapolis 500

(AP) — Beth Paretta has But she also wants to send reer-high 14th in 2010 but diversity in the sport. motorsports for an original
a vision for her new Indy- another message: Don't give last competed at Indy in 2015 equipment manufacturer. In
Car team. up on big dreams. when she finished 19th with “This is a powerful moment that role, Paretta played a part
Michael Andretti’s team. that meets our goals for Rac- in three championship-win-
She wants to send the first fe- Paretta took this route once She also has has competed ing for Equality and Change," ning seasons from 2012-14,
male driver to victory lane at before when she announced in Australian Supercars, For- IndyCar chief diversity offi- including Penske's first NAS-
the Indianapolis 500 with the she would form an all-female mula E and IMSA Sports- cer Jimmie McMillian said. CAR Cup Series title in 2012.
support of a predominantly team with driver Katherine Cars. She also was a develop- “We want to create a pipeline
female cast. And then Paretta Legge to qualify for the the ment driver in Formula One for engineers, for owners, for Paretta also serves on the the
hopes to turn it into a full- 100th running of the 500 in and has been a factory driver drivers and how to run a team board of Motorsports Hall of
time pipeline for women in May 2016. But when Paret- for Porsche since 2019. with the help of Mr. Penske Fame of America, but she has
racing. ta’s team couldn’t find a suit- and Tim Cindric. That's very a bigger goal.
able car just weeks before the “I think it’s going to be the important because I think
On Tuesday, she announced race, the effort stalled. best opportunity for me yet once we get that pipeline go- “Our team, along with our
the formation of Paretta Au- with everyone involved be- ing, I don’t think it will stop." technical alliance with Team
tosport and the intention to “The car we had wasn’t race lieving in the same goals so For Paretta, it's another chap- Penske, will work hard to
run this May at Indianapo- worthy, really," she said. we can be successful when ter in a pioneering career. give Simona the best car
lis. Additional races could be “Could we have run it? May- we come in May," De Silves- we can provide so she can
added later this year, she said, be. But there’s extra scrutiny tro said. “And I hope it in- She served as an executive achieve her best results," Pa-
with the hope of competing on a program like this." spires more women to follow with Street and Racing Tech- retta said. “The Indy 500 is
in every IndyCar race next their dreams." nology and was hired at Fiat the greatest race in the world,
season. Now she's back with a five- Chrysler Automobiles as the and one day soon we hope to
time 500 starter, Simona de The announcement comes first female director to lead have a woman’s face on the
“I didn’t grow up in a racing Silvestro, and some assis- less than three months be- a performance brand and Borg-Warner Trophy.”
family, I grew up as a rac- tance from Team Penske, the fore IndyCar's season opener
ing fan and I could not have most successful team in Indy in Birmingham, Alabama,
dreamed this for myself," Pa- history. The team founded by and less than five months af-
retta said at Indianapolis Mo- series owner Roger Penske ter the rescheduled 500 ran
tor Speedway. “It’s that idea if will provide technical sup- without a female driver for
you find something that you port for Paretta Autosport and the first time since 1999. This
love and you work hard at, the two will initially work to- year’s 500 is set for May 30.
maybe the result isn’t a race gether at Penske's headquar-
team but there’s somewhere ters in North Carolina. The plan goes well beyond
you can fit. There's some- De Silvestro.
thing there for you."" The 32-year-old Swiss driver
and 2010 Indy 500 rookie of Paretta intends to hire wom-
Paretta certainly wants to the year will attempt to qual- en in all facets of the opera-
make an impact on girls, who ify for the traditional 33-car tion — competition, admin-
might feel left out in what starting grid in the No. 16 istration, logistics, marketing
has largely been a male-dom- Chevrolet. and public relations. And the
inated sport. bluprint fits as part of Indy-
De Silvestro finished a ca- Car's outreach to create more