5 Vancouver Canucks benched due to mumps
Only Troy Stecher has been confirmed to have the virus, but 4 other players are showing symptoms
Five players with the Vancouver Canucks are sitting out Saturday's game because they have or are suspected to have the mumps, the team said Friday.
So far only one player, Troy Stecher, has been confirmed to have the virus, said Canucks general manager Jim Benning.
Four other players ? Chris Tanev, Nikita Tryamkin, Mike Chaput and Markus Granlund ? are under quarantine because they have symptoms.
"We're taking this very seriously given how easily mumps can spread," Benning said in a news release.
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