Long Discussions at MOL League Meeting

2015.06.30. 18:51 |

Newly elected league president Álmos Szőke lead his first league meeting where Romanian Ice Hockey League president Mihai Covaliu was present as well.

There were a number of questions raised in regards to the relationship between the Hungarian Federation, Romanian Federation and the MOL League. The was magnified when the president of the RIHF stated that he would like to see not only HSC and Brasov compete in the league but also the Romanian clubs Steaua and Galati as well, the only problem with this idea was that teams had to have turned in their applications for the league bz June 19th. Mihai Covaliu asked the league if they would give a two week window for the two Romanian clubs to put together a proper presentation of their application for the league, the league members turned this down because of the start of the season being close, however the idea of the two teams applying for the 2016-17 season.

The second topic on the agenda was what players would be allowed to play for the MOL League squad from Fehérvár AV19. In the end the league voted that for the 25 man game day roster a maximum 5 players can be from the EBEL squad as well, these five players can only be Hungarian players, EBEL imports can not play in the MOL League.

The league schedule and fixture list was discussed where some small tweaking will be needed and the league will vote on it at a later time.

It was also announced that for the 2015-16 season there will be no LigaTV. The rule change for overtime was announced extending the extra period from five to seven minutes.