Rink issues resolved, NHL stars chase Olympic gold at Milan

The world's top players will compete in Italy after the elite North American league agreed to a mid-season shutdown and issues of ice quality and rink size were sorted in January. "I am 100% confident in the field of play," Winter Olympics Ice Master Don Moffatt told KOAA television in Colordo Springs, Colorado. The Canadian who serves as chief ice maker in Milan said his fifth Olympic assignment "has been by far my hardest," calling it a "huge challenge" to work around construction crews but saying...