BY: Risto Pakarinen

Like Patrick Kane in the corner, the deadline for reviving the Champions Hockey League is a constantly moving target. From last summer, to the fall, to November, to the end of the year, to before the Olympics, to during the Olympics, until this week, when the deadline finally died.

According to International Ice Hockey Federation president René Fasel, four out of the seven major European leagues that have organized themselves around Hockey Europe – Finland, Sweden, Switzerland and the Czech Republic – didn’t want to accept the IIHF’s proposal, leaving the European club competition lifeless.

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