The National Hockey League has announced further details of its proposed 24-team tournament this summer, with the qualifying round being a best-of-five series while all four playoff rounds will be best-of-seven.
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NHL targets World Cup of Hockey as centrepiece of international expansion effort
Organisers of the World Cup of Hockey have stated that they are seeking to utilise the resurrected national team tournament as the anchor point for an expanded effort by the National Hockey League (NHL) to tap into the global ice hockey market.
NHL focused on World Cup over Olympics, says Bettman
National Hockey League (NHL) commissioner Gary Bettman has said the return of the World Cup of Hockey, rather than participation at the 2018 winter Olympics, is the organisation’s main focus as it reportedly seeks to draw up a 12-year plan for the international game.