HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — If a World Cup of Hockey materializes in the near future, it won't be a traditional international tournament like the Olympics.
The NHL and NHL Players’ Association are still planning to host a World Cup in February 2025, though the sides have scaled back what they think they can do given the timeframe and uncertainty regarding Russian players. Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly wouldn't reveal specific ideas being considered other than to say it won't be a “typical” World Cup of eight national teams playing over the course of 16 days.
The initial hope was to stage the World Cup in 2024, but Russia's war in Ukraine and some federations' objections to Russian players taking part were among the issues that scuttled that plan. The aim is still for 2025, which would come a year before the Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina, Italy. NHL players haven't gone to the Olympics since 2014 in Sochi. While the plan was to participate in Beijing in 2022, pandemic schedule interruptions caused the league to pull out.
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