Posts About "Team Russia"
2020 WJC Team Russia Preview
December 12th, 2019 Team Russia was a perfect 4-0-0 in round-robin play during the 2019 World Junior Championship before the United States ousted them in the semifinals. While they managed to win the bronze medal, it was another dishearting end to a tournament for a team that has not captured the gold medal since 2011. The 2020 tournament will take...
Team Russia Ready for Team Finland
September 22nd, 2016 Coming into Monday night, Team Russia needed to beat Team North America to stay alive in the 2016 World Cup. With Russia coming off a dull 2-1 loss to Team Sweden on Sunday, facing the speedy, streaking and skillful North American's looked to be a tall task. After North America's Auston Matthews scored to put the kids on the board...
Team Russia World Cup Preview
September 16th, 2016 After a disappointing end in the 2010 and 2014 Olympics, Team Russia enters the 2016 World Cup with plenty of motivation and a couple of good results in their exhibition games. Before getting to North American soil, the Russians defeated Team Czech Republic in the first of a short two-game series, losing the second game in a shootout....
Wings at the World Cup: Marchenko and Mrazek
September 16th, 2016 The Red Wings are sending seven players to compete in the eight-team 2016 World Cup of Hockey in Toronto. The series “Wings at the World Cup” will feature each of those players and the impact they will have on their respective teams as well as chronicle that player’s history of international play. Representing Team Russia,...
Nikita Nesterov to Replace Voynov for Russia at World Cup
July 18th, 2016 On Monday, the Russian Ice Hockey Federation announced that Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Nikita Nesterov will replace Slava Voynov on Team Russia's roster at this year's World Cup of Hockey tournament. The announcement came just hours after the Federation publicly acknowledged Voynov's ineligibility at the event for the first...
Full 2016 World Cup of Hockey Rosters
May 28th, 2016 The final choices were made Friday for each of the eight teams (six national teams and two compilation teams) for the 2016 World Cup of Hockey, taking place in Toronto from September 17th to October 1st. Each team announced their first 16 selections back in early March, and the final seven players were added to fill out the 23-man...
