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10/02 04:43 CDT Franz Reindl takes over as International Ice Hockey Federation
president in close vote
Franz Reindl takes over as International Ice Hockey Federation president in
close vote
ZURICH (AP) --- German official Franz Reindl has been elected president of the
International Ice Hockey Federation by just three votes after incumbent Luc
Tardif chose not to run.
Reindl beat Petr B?za 60-57 in a runoff vote on the Spanish island of Tenerife
between two former players who both won Olympic medals on the ice.
Reindl had been behind B?za 48-36 in the first round but picked up crucial
votes after Aivaz Omorkanov of Kyrgyzstan was eliminated.
Reindl was a forward on the West Germany team which beat the United States and
Finland to the bronze medal in 1976, while B?za was a goaltender when
Czechoslovakia won bronze in 1992.
Reindl becomes IIHF president five years after he was runner-up to Tardif. He's
worked closely with the NHL in the past and was president of Team Europe for
the NHL-run World Cup of Hockey in 2016.
Tardif's tenure was dominated by the NHL's return to Olympic hockey for the
Milan Cortina Games this year and the IIHF's exclusion of Russian teams after
the invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Tardif announced he wouldn't run again in March, saying it was time for a
younger leader. At 71, Reindl is only two years younger than his French
predecessor.
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