Clock ticking on NHL's Olympic decision

Organizers demand April answer as patriotic players oppose no-go

NEW YORK - The NHL has been issued a deadline to decide whether to allow the world's best hockey players to participate in the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea.

"I hope we can find a compromise in the next two or three weeks," International Ice Hockey Federation president Rene Fasel told Associated Press on Thursday in a telephone interview from Russia.