Two-time Stanley Cup winner Dominik Hasek believes that the level of international competitions would be higher if representatives of Russia could participate in them.
– I want to tell all Russian athletes that I’m really sorry that you can’t compete with us now. With your participation, the competition would have been at an even higher level, and we would certainly have done even better against each other,” Hashek said in an interview with .
The Czech quote was voiced on the air of the program “There is a theme!” on the channel.
Many international federations followed the recommendations of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and withdrew Russians from participating in competitions due to the situation in Ukraine.
The Russian national ice hockey team was not admitted to the 2022 World Championship, which took place in Finland.
Source : MatchTV
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