The IIHF welcomed two new nations into the ice hockey's international community on Saturday. Read up on the development of the sport in the central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan and Argentina, who becomes the first recognized ice hockey nation form South America!
At the 2011 IIHF Annual Congress, a letter was submitted signed by European Parliament member (and Hockey HOFer) Peter Statsny and U.S. Senator Dick Durbin calling for the IIHF to revoke the awarding of the 2014 IIHF World Championships to Belarus. Recent actions taken by Belarussian President Alexander Lukaschenko are the stated reason, and it puts the IIHF in an awkward spot.
Concurrent with the IIHF World Championship, the IIHF holds its Annual Congress to discuss items for both the present and future of international hockey. Here at Puck Worlds we have a run down of the issues that will likely be discussed.
