Finance Minister Eric Girard discussed Tuesday with the commissioner of the National Hockey League (NHL), Gary Bettman, the possibility of other teams imitating the Los Angeles Kings and coming to play games in Quebec, indicated a spokesperson for the professional hockey circuit.
Mr. Girard, who is responsible for the Nordiques return file, is traveling on a tour of investors in New York, where he took the opportunity to see Mr. Bettman.
The NHL’s senior vice-president of communications, Gary Meagher, said that this meeting with Mr. Bettman and his assistant, Bill Daly, was organized at the request of Mr. Girard.
“They discussed Quebec’s interest in hosting NHL games, including those scheduled for this fall when the Kings host the Bruins and the Panthers in exhibition games which will be played at the Videotron Center before the start of the regular season,” he said by email to Duty.
Last fall, Mr. Girard announced that the government would offer a subsidy of $5 to $7 million to organize the event in October, a decision that sparked controversy.
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