Experienced reel influencer Kalervo Kummola to leave a place in the international ice hockey federation IIHF's board of directors in the next year. Kummola confirmed the IIHF's press conference in Tampere on Wednesday.
I'm glad that the meeting (IIHF:no board meeting) will be held here. We have an old tradition, that when a long-time member of the ice board from the off, as I'm staying next year, so the meeting will be held in his locality, Kummola told the official press conference after.
Kummola still focus that continued in the government until the fall of 2020. He is vice chairman of the board. Tampere has belonged to the IIHF's board of directors since 1998.
Also the chairman of Rene Fasel to leave a place Kummola with at the same time.
Kummola said they had negotiations Ilves and Tappara with new arena's rink size. He told that the result of the negotiations at the Tampere new arena trough width is 28 meters.
IIHF confirmed Wednesday news conference that the world championships and the olympic games played in the 2022 NHL-style of 26 metres in a narrow rink.
Finland hosts the 2022 world cup. The race location is not definitively known, but in practice, it is certain that Tampere is pääisäntä, if a new hall only is erect.
This certainly is, but the names are still missing papers. Helsinki has the second place, I believe, Kummola said.