Athletistic/Hockey. In recent years, the Russian national hockey team has been suspended from participating in international competitions. Despite this, the Channel One Cup took place in 2022 and is still happening. The Belarusian national team and the Kazakhstan national team became permanent participants. This year, Zvezda and VHL teams also participated in the tournament. Two-time Olympic champion Alexander Kozhevnikov spoke about this.
– Such tournaments are necessary and it doesn’t matter who you play with – with Finns, Czechs or Swedes or with the same Belarusians or Kazakhs. The main thing is the international experience that hockey players receive,” Kozhevnikov said in an interview with the Championship.
This year the Russian team beat the Zvezda and VHL team with a score of 5:2 and the Belarusian team with a score of 5:3. Today, December 17, Roman Rotenberg’s team will play the final match of the Channel One Cup against the Kazakhstan national team.
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