After months of rumors, it was made official on Friday morning: the NHL will again permit its players to participate in the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.
The news was confirmed in a tweet from the International Ice Hockey Federation’s Twitter account on Friday morning:
IIHF president Rene Fasel was quoted in the story linked above, saying:
“I know that I can speak for hockey fans around the world when I say that we absolutely welcome the decision to bring back best-on-best ice hockey to the Olympics,” said IIHF President René Fasel. “We had many constructive discussions, and a lot of hard work was put into making this happen within the time we set out for ourselves, and I want to thank all parties involved for their support and commitment.