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left foot that has kept him out of the last 14 games. The Wild said after the
pre-game skate Thursday morning that Parise will play against Chicago. He last
suited up Dec. 22. Parise was hurt initially Nov. 25 when he blocked a shot at
St. Louis. He was held out of the next game but returned the game after and
played another month, trying to push through the pain. Over those 12 games,
Parise had only four goals and one assist. The Wild decided to shut him down and
let him fully heal. In 37 games this season, Parise has 15 goals and 12 assists.
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the New Orleans Pelicans ended up with the bigger problem.OTTAWA - Canadas
highly paid Olympic mens hockey professionals are insured against acts of
terrorism when they compete in the Sochi Games but it is not at all clear the
same coverage extends to their amateur brethren on the Olympic team. As for
regular Olympic spectators, theyre being warned that most travel insurance
policies wont cover acts of terrorism or war. The Games in southern Russia,
which run from Feb. 7-23, are being staged amid unprecedented security and under
global warnings of danger. An extraordinary travel advisory from the Canadian
government highlights Sochi terrorist threats in bold red script. "In July 2013
Imarat Kavkaz leader Doku Umarov called on militants to derail the Sochi Olympic
Games using any necessary means, and lifted his previous moratorium on actions
of militants in Russia outside the North Caucasus," states the governments
travel advisory page. "On January 19, 2014, the Ansar Al-Sunna terrorist group
took responsibility for the December 2013 attacks on Volgograd ... and
threatened further attacks if the Olympic Games were to take place." Public
Safety Minister Steven Blaney reinforced the message last week by issuing a
statement warning that special security at Olympic venues "does not eliminate
the risk of terrorist attacks." Such government warnings wont likely make a
travellers insurance void, says John Thain, president of the Travel Health
Insurance Association of Canada. Only an outright government advisory not to
travel in a country or region may void travel insurance, he said. But check the
fine print on terrorism because most policies dont cover it, he added. "One of
the messages were trying to get across to all Canadians is know and understand
your policy," Thain told The Canadian Press. It is advice that should apply to
athletes attending in the Games as well. The Canadian Olympic Committee, which
handles insurance for most of the Canadians competing in Sochi, flatly rebuffed
questions about its insurance coverage. "Internal matters including HR (human
resources) and administrative policies for employees, athletes and mission team
members are simply not subjects we discuss publicly," the committee told The
Canadian Press in an email statement. Agent Kris Mychasiw, who represents
bobsled Olympian Kaillie Humphries, said all the terrorism talk is "being blown
out of proportion." &"London had the same issue.
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issue," said Mychasiw. Asked whether Canadas Olympians are insured against a
career-ending injury caused by an act of terrorism, Mychasiw responded "to my
knowledge, no." "Even if you were to get insurance for it, the odds of something
like that happening, or being in an environment where that would happen, are
slim to none," said the agent. Thats not the tack taken by National Hockey
League and its players association. Greg Sutton of Sutton Special Risk, which
insures more than 450 profession hockey players including Sydney Crosby, said
hes taken a number of calls from concerned players and their agents in the
run-up to Sochi. "All of our policies actually include terrorism, but what they
arent covered for is any acts of terrorism which use nuclear, chemical or
biological means," Sutton said in an interview. Bob Nicholson, the president of
Hockey Canada, said group insurance for Olympic pros was handled through the
International Ice Hockey Federation. That was part of the agreement for getting
the pros to Sochi, said Nicholson. Sutton said some players have asked to
include the extra nuclear-chemical-biological coverage, known as NCB, and that
adds about 10 to 15 per cent to the premium. Other players are also taking out
additional personal insurance. "There are players who are still young enough
that theres a need for them to protect their future value, too, and thats where
the personal coverage comes in. We do both." Sutton said Hockey Canada inquired
about adding NCB but hes not sure if it ended up taking the extra coverage. Any
difference between insuring Canadas amateur Olympians and the NHL pros comes
down to a business decision based on guaranteed, multi-million-dollar contracts,
said Mychasiw. "The NHL is taking precautions because thats a money-making
business. Theyre looking at protecting their assets, from the NHL Players
Association right up to the league." On Monday, the British Broadcasting
Corporation reported that a British government intelligence report warns that
more terrorist attacks in Russia are "very likely to occur" before or during the
Sochi Games. The BBC reports that the leaked assessment says Sochi itself may be
difficult to attack due to massive Russian security operations. With files from
Joshua Clipperton.
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