Athletistic / Hockey The President of the Russian Ice Hockey Federation, Vladislav Tretyak, shared his opinion on who will be interested in the Junior World Championship taking place these days in Edmonton despite the absence of the Russian national team.

“The MFM is interesting to watch for professionals. Tomorrow or the day after, we will still play against them. You have to know which opponent, which hockey.”

For our fans, this tournament, I think, is not so interesting. And professionals who live hockey and watch world hockey still watch it,” Tretyak said as quoted by Championat.com.

Recall that the Russian team was suspended from participation in the tournament due to hostilities in Ukraine.

Note that the tournament takes place in August because it was interrupted last winter due to the outbreak of the coronavirus epidemic.