Art Vandelay
Registered User
The most interesting part is No.3 about the Olympics.
The International Ice Hockey Federation and representatives of the top 16 nations met today in Riga to discuss issues relating to the next two IIHF World Championships (2007 in Russia and 2008 in Canada) and the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, Canada.
The following decisions were made:
3) All teams have agreed to accept the North American-sized ice surface (26 metres x 60 metres) at GM Place in Vancouver in 2010. The main reason for making this exception is the opportunity to stay at this modern arena in downtown Vancouver (capacity 18,630, home of the NHL's Vancouver Canucks). Had the IIHF insisted on international dimensions (30 metres x 60 metres), the main ice hockey venue would have been the smaller and substantially older Pacific Coliseum.
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