Friday, February 3, 2017

Meeting may move NHL closer to decision on 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)

A key meeting has begun on the topic of whether NHL players will participate in the Winter Olympics in South Korea a year from now. International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach joined International Ice Hockey Federation President Rene Fasel and NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman and NHLPA Director Don Fehr in New York on Friday for the first time. The league is reluctant to shut down for three weeks, though many of its players want to participate in what would be a sixth consecutive Olympics.


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