Luc Tardif said Thursday the Hockey Canada scandal has caused 'damage,' but he's optimistic in the organization's new direction. The IIHF president also discussed the World Cup of Hockey and the NHL's Olympic participation. Full story by RealPDGrant:
HALIFAX – IIHF president Luc Tardif said Thursday “there has been damage” to the game of hockey because of the Hockey Canada scandal.
“First, I think the impact here in Canada is something else than in the international world,” Tardif said. He added that the world of politics and business are also seeing these changes and incidents, so it’s not unique to hockey. “So, that means, for sure, when something happened like that, there was a lot of damage.”
For the health of the game, Tardif said the effect of the Hockey Canada situation is “not good,” adding “how do you measure the effect? I don’t know.” When asked about the IIHF’s investigation that was opened at the end of July, Tardif said, for the IIHF, “the most important thing is what the member – so, that means Hockey Canada – did properly or not, and it will come also after the investigation.”
“It gives us two years to prepare properly this competition,” Tardif said about arranging for the NHL players to play in the Olympics, citing the “nightmare” of Beijing, from which the NHL and NHLPA withdrew a month previous for COVID safety.
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