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- German official Franz Reindl was elected president of the International Ice Hockey Federation.
- He won the runoff 60-57 against Czech former goaltender Petr Bríza on Tenerife.
- Reindl secured the win by three votes after a 48-36 first-round lead for Bríza.
- His victory came after Kyrgyzstan’s Aivaz Omorkanov was eliminated, shifting crucial support to Reindl.
- Reindl, 71, earned a 1976 bronze medal with West Germany.