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21 year old Swiss Ice Hockey player Nico Hischier, center at NHL club New Jersey Devils, placed the name tag onto the jacket of the Swiss army uniform he was just issued in Wangen an der Aare, Switzerland, Tuesday, June 16, 2020. Hischier completes part of his mandatory army service for elite athletes with an 18 week recruit training. (Alessandro della Valle/Keystone via AP)
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FILE - In this Feb. 16, 2020, file photo, New Jersey Devils interim general manager Tom Fitzgerald answers reporters' questions after the team announced that captain Andy Greene was traded to the New York Islanders before an NHL hockey game in Newark, N.J. The suspension of play in the NHL because of the coronavirus pandemic has put Fitzgerald of the Devils is limbo. The 51-year-old is waiting to see if the league will finish its season and also see if he still has a job. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)
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