https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/29316184/pregnant-pause-nhl-players-partners-stressed-due-date-conflicts said:
In a typical NHL offseason, there's a two-month window that players and their partners view as the life-event safe zone. No games or training camps or league obligations on the schedule. The perfect time to plan a vacation or a wedding or, in the case of Jordie Benn and his fianc?e, Jessica Kohout, the birth of their first child.
"We definitely thought we nailed the timing. You obviously want to be around for the birth of your kid. You want to be able to hang out for at least a couple of weeks or a month when they're brand new like that," said Benn, a defenseman for the Vancouver Canucks.
"We thought we planned it perfectly. And then this whole pandemic started."
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"There's no way I'm going to miss the birth of my first child," he said. "Everybody can have their own outlook on the birth of a child, but I'm a very family-oriented person. I wouldn't let Jess be in that hospital, having my child, without me there. I don't think that's fair. I'll find a way to get around this."