Hvornår begyndte nhl-spillere at spille i ol?
1998
Ice hockey at the Olympic Games
De Olympiske Lege var oprindeligt beregnet til amatøratleter. Men fremkomsten af den statsstøttede "fuldtidsamatøratlet" i østbloklandene udhulede ideologien om den rene amatør yderligere, da det stillede de selvfinansierede amatører i de vestlige lande i en ugunstig situation. Sovjetunionen stillede hold af atleter til start, som alle nominelt var studerende, soldater eller arbejdede inden for et erhverv, men hvoraf mange i virkeligheden blev betalt af staten for at træne på fuld tid. I 1986 stemte Den Internationale Olympiske Komité (IOC) for at tillade professionelle atleter at deltage i de olympiske lege fra 1988. National Hockey League (NHL) var i første omgang tilbageholdende med at tillade sine spillere at deltage, fordi OL afholdes midt i NHL-sæsonen, og ligaen ville være nødt til at stoppe spillet, hvis mange af dens spillere deltog. Til sidst fik NHL-spillere adgang fra 1998.
1998
Ice hockey at the Olympic Games
The Olympic Games were originally intended for amateur athletes. However, the advent of the state-sponsored "full-time amateur athlete" of the Eastern Bloc countries further eroded the ideology of the pure amateur, as it put the self-financed amateurs of the Western countries at a disadvantage. The Soviet Union entered teams of athletes who were all nominally students, soldiers, or working in a profession, but many of whom were in reality paid by the state to train on a full-time basis. In 1986, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) voted to allow professional athletes to compete in the Olympic Games starting in 1988. The National Hockey League (NHL) was initially reluctant to allow its players to compete because the Olympics are held in the middle of the NHL season, and the league would have to halt play if many of its players participated. Eventually, NHL players were admitted starting in 1998.
Ice hockey at the Olympic Games