NHL Suspends Business Ties With Russia
The National Hockey League released a statement on Monday, sharing it, among other things, has suspended its business dealings in Russia.
The statement read:
“The National Hockey League condemns Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and urges a peaceful resolution as quickly as possible. Effective immediately, we are suspending our relationships with our business partners in Russia and we are pausing our Russian language social and digital media sites. In addition, we are discontinuing any consideration of Russia as a location for any future competitions involving the NHL.
We also remain concerned about the well-being of the players from Russia, who play in the NHL on behalf of their NHL Clubs, and not on behalf of Russia. We understand they and their families are being placed in an extremely difficult position.”
The International Ice Hockey Federation also announced it has banned Russian and Belarusian national teams and clubs from participation “in every age category” and in IIHF competitions “until further notice.” They have also taken hosting rights away from Russia for the 2023 World Junior Championship, which was to be played in Novosibirsk and Omsk.
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