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Post by Krang7 on Jan 26, 2007 17:35:01 GMT -3
The NHL's All-Star Game is gone until next season, but International Ice Hockey Federation president Rene Fasel is angling to put on a different battle of the stars: The Stanley Cup champion vs. the best team in Europe. ''We must have a club championship - the winner of the Stanley Cup against the winner of the European Hockey League,'' Fasel told The Hockey News in an interview with Paul Romanuk. ''It is a must for the NHL and it is a must for us. It is a must for the hockey fans and for the game of hockey. Hockey needs it on both sides.'' According to Fasel, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman hasn't rejected the IIHF's overture. ''They are not against it,'' Fasel said. ''It was not a 'no' from Gary.'' Bill Daly, the NHL's deputy commissioner, confirmed discussions have taken place between the league and IIHF. But he cautioned against expectations that an announcement of such a game is imminent. www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=193668&hubname=
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