

The 100 People of Power & Influence in hockey are featured in The Hockey News' 2026 Money & Power issue, available at THN.com/free.
At No. 2 is IIHF president Luc Tardif.

Tardif is on the precipice of a massive win, as NHL players return to the Winter Olympics for the first time since 2014. Has prioritized grassroots global growth of the game.
Each person on the list this year is ranked in 14 categories of job classification, from owners to players to agents, along with many more powerbrokers identified within various silos of expertise. That's all available to find in The Hockey News' 2026 Money & Power hockey business annual.