FILE - In this Feb. 18, 2014, file photo, NHL Players' Association Executive Director Don Fehr, left, International Ice Hockey Federation President Rene Fasel, center, and NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, right, answer questions during a news conference at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Two people familiar with the gathering say the three key decision-makers are meeting Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, regarding the NHL's participation in the 2018 Olympics in South Korea. The person, who spoke Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017, to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because an announcement was not made about the development, says the IOC and IIHF requested the meeting. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)