Friday, February 3, 2017

IOC joins talks to get NHL players in 2018 Olympics (Yahoo Sports)

FILE - In this Feb. 13, 2014 file photo, Canada forward John Tavares loses his footing against Norway defenseman Ole-Kristian Tollefsen in the third period of a men's ice hockey game at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Tavares says he and other players in the league want the NHL to let them participate in a sixth straight Olympics. The union representative, though, knows the stay-or-go topic has become a bargaining chip for the league and NHL Players Association.(AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

The four top stakeholders in the discussion over whether NHL players will participate in the Winter Olympics in South Korea next year met without resolution Friday, with one warning that time is running short to make a decision. Thomas Bach, the president of the International Olympic Committee, for the first time joined International Ice Hockey Federation President Rene Fasel, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman and NHL Players' Association Executive Director Don Fehr at a meeting in New York.


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