“For me, this news is not a surprise. Even the NHL, such an independent league, succumbed to political pressure. I don’t see any big tragedy in this. The only tragedy will be the loss of world hockey. We have been “We have been playing in isolation for two years. The International Hockey Federation is already talking about the possibility of considering our return. We may not be included, but the time will come and they themselves will turn to us,” Mikhailov noted in an interview with TASS.
Earlier, Elliott Friedman said that the Russian team is unlikely to participate in the World Cup of Hockey in 2025.
- Dementyev said the Hockey World Cup would take place without Russia
Source: Sport
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