«Incredible Loss» Will hockey be kicked out of the Winter Olympics?

Beijing, February 17, Semyon Galkevich. President of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Luc Tardif said he was confident in keeping the sport on the Winter Olympics program, although moving the tournament to the Summer Olympics could solve the problem with the arrival of players from the National Hockey League (NHL). in the Summer Olympics. Due to the difficult situation with the coronavirus, NHL players are not participating in the Games taking place in Beijing on February 4-20. The NHL also did not take part in the 2018 Olympics in Pyeongchang. «As for Gary Bettman's proposal to move hockey to the Summer Olympics program, it would probably solve the problem of the arrival of players from the NHL,» Tardif told reporters. «But I can't imagine that «Take hockey away from the Winter Games? It would be an incredible loss. It won't happen, that's my opinion.»