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COVID-19: Daily NHL testing removal of fully vaccinated ‘long overdue’ | National Post

“I think it’s great and it’s good to test when you have symptoms,” said Schenn.

Bruce Boudreau had a healthy lineup in just one of his first 20 games behind the Canucks bench, which made the club’s 12-4-4 mark remarkable.

“I’m glad we’re going to it because our last five guys in protocol had no symptoms. We lost good players for no apparent reason.

“After the first 15 or 16 times, you sort of get used to it, and you just roll with the punches,” he added.

When Schenn delivered crunching hits during his 18 games with the Canucks in the 2018-19 season, it became a social media obsession to chart each blow by the big blueliner.

“He’s the first defenceman to score a goal since I’ve been here — to me he’s Bobby Orr,” said Boudreau with a chuckle, who couldn’t hide his glee at the bench when Schenn wired his long-bomb sealer.

The well-travelled Alex Chiasson marked his 600th career game Monday by opening the scoring with his first even-strength goal of the season.

“It says something about determination and a love of the game and the will to play and never getting down.

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