Olympic organizers defend non-NHL size of hockey tournament's rink

Olympic organizers defended the size of the rink to be used in the hockey tournament after reports that it was shorter than the standard NHL size.

Olympic officials say smaller hockey rink ‘exactly what it should be,’ acknowledge arena delays

The IOC sports director said Wednesday that "everybody's now aligned" on the rinks' dimensions, which came as a surprise to many last week.

Threats fly as Olympic ice creating potential NHL nightmare for return to Winter Games

If the ice isn’t safe, the NHL will take its puck and go home. That was the message NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly told reporters in Colorado on Monday amid news of ongoing issues with the Olympic ice hockey rink being constructed in Milan, Italy for the Winter Games in two months.

JON HAMM GIVES MOTIVATIONAL LOCKER ROOM SPEECH TO TEAM USA HOCKEY IN NEW PROMO FOR NBCUNIVERSAL’S COVERAGE OF MILAN CORTINA 2026 OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES

Opening Ceremony for Milan Cortina Olympics Set for Friday, Feb. 6, 2026, on NBC and Peacock

‘Close to a disaster’: Olympic hockey rink construction saga is history repeating itself

Jukka-Pekka Vuorinen, the ice hockey director for the 2006 Olympics, tells The Athletic that issues building the Milan rink are nothing new.
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