Marcus Foligno was not feeling very energetic when he last played a hockey game on January 30 against the Colorado Avalanche.
But it was Wild’s ninth game in 17 days since the start of the season, so the team’s most physical striker realized that the busy schedule only made him feel exhausted and lacking his typical vigor.
Foligno came back from the game, went to sleep and woke up at dawn on Sunday.
“I didn’t get a good night’s sleep, I just felt a little bit of pain and chills, but I didn’t really think about any of that,” said Foligno. “I just thought that maybe I was tired. So I woke up (in the morning) and texted (sports coach) John Worley and said to him, ‘Listen, I’m not feeling well.’ “
Worley already knew why he was not feeling well.
The results of the Foligno PCR test on Saturday morning showed …