Hockey
From Staff and Wire Reports
NHL President John Ziegler said he has forbidden Russian players to join their homeland’s national team while the former Soviet Army team is suing the Detroit Red Wings.
Ziegler testified for nearly six hours in a U.S. District Court case in which Russian officials are trying to get Viacheslav Kozlov’s Detroit contract ruled invalid to return him to the Central Sports Club.
If Russian officials are “suing one of our teams, I don’t think we’re obliged to provide a privilege,” Ziegler told Judge Gerald Rosen.
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