Share this Story: Olympics-NHL agrees to release players for Winter OlympicsOlympics-NHL agrees to release players for Winter OlympicsArticle content The National Hockey League (NHL) has agreed to allow a break in the 2021-22 NHL regular season that will allow the world’s top players to take part in next year’s Winter Olympics in Beijing, the NHL and NHL Players Association (NHLPA) said on Friday. Try refreshing your browser, or Olympics-NHL agrees to release players for Winter Olympics Back to video The league, unhappy over the prospect of interrupting a regular season to send their most valuable assets overseas where they could get hurt, ended a run of five consecutive Winter Olympics when it decided not to allow its players to go to Pyeongchang in 2018. Article content The Beijing Games will mark the sixth Winter Olympics that NHL players will be included in the men’s hockey tournament. “We understand how passionately NHL players feel about representing and competing for their countries,” NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly said. The Beijing Olympics are scheduled to begin on Feb. 4 while preliminary round play of the men’s ice hockey tournament starts on Feb. 9.

Source: National Post September 03, 2021 15:45 UTC