FOG BLOG SPORTS LOG: INTERIM COACH DUCHARME TESTS POSITIVE FOR COVID 19:

MONTREAL CANADIENS BATTLE IT OUT IN MONTREAL TONIGHT IN GAME 3 AGAINST THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS TIED AT 1 GAME A PIECE AND NOW THE NEWS BREAKS.......Montreal Canadiens interim coach Dominique Ducharme tests positive for COVID-19.......interim coach Dominique Ducharme will miss Friday's Game 3 in Montreal after twice testing positive for COVID-19. Assistant coach Luke Richardson will run the Canadiens' bench. Assistant coaches Alex Burrows and Sean Burke will be on the bench as well.

The NHL said that no other players or staff members on the Canadiens tested positive either Thursday or Friday. The semifinal series against the Vegas Golden Knights is tied 1-1 as it shifts to Canada.

General manager Marc Bergevin said the coach is resting at home and doing fine. The NHL confirmed that Ducharme received his second COVID-19 vaccination "less than two weeks ago."

Since it is an unprecedented situation for the NHL during the playoffs, Bergevin said the team has been in contact with the Quebec health department, as well as the NHL, to determine how long Ducharme will be absent.

"The Canadiens organization has, and will continue to follow, all guidelines aimed at protecting the health and safety of its Players, staff and community at large as set by the NHL, the Canadian Federal Government, the Quebec Provincial Government, and national and provincial health agencies," the NHL said in a statement..