"While the NHL is concerned about the status of the ice hockey arena for the Milan-Cortina Games, sources told ESPN on Wednesday there are no indications the league would pull out of the event -- despite reports that the ice arena surface is about 3 feet too short. The NHL plans to send players to the 2026 Olympics in February for the first time since the 2014 Games in Sochi."
"The NHL has no control over the construction of the new 16,000-seat rink in the outskirts of Milan, and is still committed to making it work, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. The Nashville Predators and Pittsburgh Penguins played games at Avicii Arena in Stockholm, Sweden last month for the Global Series in a rink that was also slightly off from NHL dimensions."
NHL plans to send players to the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics, the league's first Olympic participation since 2014. The agreement between the NHL, NHLPA and IIHF requires the Milan ice to be built to NHL standards. Construction of the main 16,000-seat Milan arena is unfinished, prompting organizers to delay test events until January and raising concern from both the NHL and NHLPA. The IIHF approved a 196.85-foot by 85.3-foot ice sheet in Milan, about three feet shorter than the NHL 200-foot by 85-foot dimensions. The NHL has no control over arena construction but remains committed and does not view the discrepancy as a safety issue.
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