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Mi. 19.12.07 - 09:58:14 game_misconduct    Registriert seit: September 2003 Posts: 15.286 |
A Russian tycoon with a lifelong love for hockey has hired former NHL Players` Association head Bob Goodenow to help start a new pro league in Europe that would compete for players with the NHL.
Spearheading efforts to start the league is Alex Medvedev, 51, deputy chief executive of Russian natural gas producer Gazprom – and captain of his company`s hockey team. The likelihood of a new European league has increased in recent years as hockey federations in Russia and elsewhere in Europe have grown disenchanted with the NHL over its recruitment of their best players. At the same time, Medvedev has ample dollars to start a competitor to the venerable NHL. In an interview from Russia, Medvedev confirmed that former Russian NHL star Igor Larionov and Goodenow are members of a so-called "working group" that`s starting the league. Goodenow travelled to Moscow this week to discuss the prospective league, Larionov said. Medvedev`s representatives already have contacted broadcasters and sponsors, and could start the league as soon as September 2008, Larionov said. An executive with Finland`s public broadcaster, YLE, confirmed he was approached several months ago about buying rights to televise the new league Link |
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Mi. 19.12.07 - 12:29:35Nosnbohrer Registriert seit: Oktober 2005 Posts: 3.658 Fan von: HC Eppan |
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