Athletistic/Hockey. Vyacheslav Bykov, two-time Olympic hockey champion and former head coach of the Russian national team, commented on the national team’s likely withdrawal from the Hockey World Cup. Furthermore, he assessed the relationship of the NHL with our country.
“I decided to abstract myself from topics related to the NHL. I did this because the way they treated us, in principle, does not interfere in any way. Business for the NHL is, first of all, and the rest of the questions move into the background and beyond,” Bykov said as quoted by “Championship”.
After the start of military training of the Russian armed forces in Ukraine, the NHL stopped all official contacts with the KHL, terminated the protocol of cooperation, closed the Russian version of its website and did not intend to invite the Russian national team. at the national team tournament in February 2025.
Source: Sport
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