Aleksander Barkov is quick to point out the NHL is so popular in Finland that tickets to two games in Helsinki sold out in less than five minutes. “There’s good reason to do that every year.”Finnish forward Patrik Laine of Winnipeg Jets scored four goals in two games held in Helsinki last week. To make it more popular in Europe and Sweden, I think more games in the middle of the day on the weekends would be great. They said staging an outdoor game in Europe is a possibility but not something likely to happen soon. “We’re happy to share our game,” Bettman said in Helsinki.

Source: thestar November 03, 2018 21:31 UTC