Category: Alexander Maltsev
Alex Ovechkin meets Ivan Ryabkin, Russia’s top prospect in the 2025 NHL Draft
Alexei KudashovAlex Ovechkin was back with his former club, Dynamo Moscow, to help present the 2024-25 MHC Dynamo Moscow junior team on Tuesday. MHC Dynamo plays in Russia’s MHL where players on rosters can be no older than 20. Ovechkin was joined by other club legends like former NHL player Maxim Afinogenov, Alex...
Read moreA Part Of Russian Culture Put On Hold
KLMfrom Mark Spector of Sportsnet, The Big Red Machine, as Russia’s national men’s hockey team came to be known, was always about more than just the game on the ice. Back when they wore CCCP across their jerseys, more so than today, they played hockey unlike anyone else. The Soviets, with play...
Read moreHockey hits Russia in collective soul with ban from international events
Big Red MachineA ban from international ice hockey events hits Putin where perhaps even economic sanctions can not reach — in the collective soul, where hockey resides in most Russians the way it does with us here in Canada.
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