Franz Reindl, a former German national team player and ex-director of the German Ice Hockey Federation, won election as president of the International Ice Hockey Federation on Friday in Tenerife, Spain. Reindl defeated Petr Briza in a narrow vote at the IIHF's semi-annual congress.
Reindl succeeds Luc Tardif, who announced in March he would not seek re-election after a five-year term. Reindl won Olympic bronze with Germany in 1976 and led the German Ice Hockey Federation from 2014 to 2022 before the IIHF presidency.
The election also resulted in Canada losing representation on the IIHF council, according to the source material, though specific details on council composition and Canada's prior role were not provided in the available excerpt.