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In a 2017 interview, Kovács talked about his new vice-president position. He stated that the HIHF was being transformed to run more like a business, and that his role would be to increase the popularity of hockey in
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chairman of the technical committee, to develop the men's and women's national teams, and the domestic youth hockey leagues. He arranged for professional
Hungarian hockey players to teach skills to youth players, and sought to coordinate competitive youth leagues within Hungary and
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