Another change for men's hockey team, and what to watch on Friday

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It was another newsy day at the Milano Cortina Olympics. And much of the news was not good for Canada.

Just as we were about to publish this newsletter, the Canadian men's hockey team announced that injured star Brayden Point will not be able to play in Italy. The Tampa Bay Lightning centre, who has been out of action since Jan. 12, will be replaced by Seth Jarvis of the Carolina Hurricanes.

Point was one of the original six players named to the Canadian roster last June. Jarvis played for Canada at the 4 Nations Face-Off last February but did not make the cut for the Olympics. 

Earlier today, the Canadian women's hockey team's opening game against Finland was postponed due to more than a dozen Finnish players being struck with the norovirus. The contest was rescheduled for a week from today.

Canada, the defending Olympic champion, will now open on Saturday against Switzerland. The world-champion United States started out with a 5-1 win over Czechia today.

Meanwhile, Canadian snowboard star Mark McMorris announced he was pulling out of the men's big air event after hitting his head in a crash during training yesterday. But he hopes to still compete in the slopestyle, where he's won three consecutive Olympic bronze medals. That event begins in 11 days.

With McMorris out, Frank Jobin was the only Canadian to qualify for the 12-man final in the big air, placing sixth in qualifying. 18-year-old Eli Bouchard, the youngest member of the Canadian Olympic team, just missed the cut in 14th. Cam Spalding, the reigning slopestyle World Cup champion, finished 22nd. The final