Before I begin, wanted to ask to please stay out of politics here, if you have nothing hockey related to say, move to another thread.
In this thread I wanted to discuss all Russian national teams this year and going forward.
Obviously, there’s no timeline when IIHF ban will be lifted, but the national team needs to play some games and give players some international experience.
From what I can gather, what we can expect is
- Russian U18, U20, senior teams might play exhibition games between each other
- Russian U18, U20 teams might play against KHL teams
- Russian teams might play Belarus, China and other “friendly” nations
- There might be some tournaments between Russian regions
In this thread I wanted to discuss all Russian national teams this year and going forward.
Obviously, there’s no timeline when IIHF ban will be lifted, but the national team needs to play some games and give players some international experience.
From what I can gather, what we can expect is
- Russian U18, U20, senior teams might play exhibition games between each other
- Russian U18, U20 teams might play against KHL teams
- Russian teams might play Belarus, China and other “friendly” nations
- There might be some tournaments between Russian regions