One of the big stories coming out of last week’s Board of Governors meeting was the Olympic Rink in Milan, Italy, being behind schedule. A scheduled event to test the rink and play a game in December has been pushed back to January.

Construction on the rink should have been finished by now. And there is no backup plan for the IOC or the IIHF to use another rink just in case this one is not finished. As Dave Pagnotta of the Fourth Period jokingly stated on Wednesday during his appearance on Sirius XM NHL Network Radio, the games might be played outdoors.

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But there is definitely concern that this rink isn’t finished, as it will host both the men’s and women’s games during the Winter Olympics. Similar to the NHL D

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