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MOSCOW (AP) The Kontinental Hockey League team in Sochi, a major part of the Russian city's legacy from last year's Winter Olympics, has not paid its players in more than two months.
HC Sochi and the head of the KHL Players' Trade Union, former Edmonton Oilers forward Andrei Kovalenko, say the club has financial problems and last paid its players in January. The club has promised to resolve the issue by April 30.
Under league rules, the club must resolve debts to players by the end of May in order to compete in the next KHL season.
Many of the KHL's mostly Russian teams have experienced financial problems this season as Russia's economy heads for recession this year.
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