Last month I wrote about the inaugrual season of the Champions Hockey League and now it looks the fledgling competition is in real trouble. The IIHF has ruled that the 2009 season will be cancelled due to the backing out by main sponsor Russian energy supplier Gazprom. Gazprom reportedly contributed 10 million euros (C$15.6 million) in prize money last year.
If the Champions Hockey League gets relaunched it will likely to have to be with the NHL's economic support. The IIHF is looking to the NHL to help out and judging by previous comments Gary Bettman is certainly open to the idea.
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