IIHF Excluded Canada from Governing Council

TENERIFE - Canadians have been excluded from the International Ice Hockey Federation's council, a surprising result for the sport's powerhouse nation.

Hockey Canada president and chief executive officer Katherine Henderson (see the photo) was up for one of the minimum three female spots on council at the IIHF's semi-annual congress in Tenerife, Spain. She was eliminated in the second of three rounds of voting. Hungary's Zsuzsanna Kolbenheyer, Turkey's Merve Tunali and Poland's Marta Zawadzka won the council seats.

While Canada will not have a member on council, the IIHF will have representation from non-traditional hockey nations, including Tunali, Andy Mills of New Zealand, and Aivaz Omorkanov of Kyrgyzstan.

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