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Zhamnov believes that tightening the limit on legionnaires in the KHL will lead to the isolation of Russia from the hockey community

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4 years ago

April 23, 2022

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Zhamnov believes that tightening the limit on legionnaires in the KHL will lead to the isolation of Russia from the hockey community

Photo: © RIA Novosti / Alexei Filippov

The head coach of the Russian national team Alexei Zhamnov told Sport24 that if the limit on foreign players in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) championship is tightened, Russia will isolate itself from the world hockey community.

Earlier, the Ministry of Sports received a proposal from the Russian Ice Hockey Federation (FHR), according to which the total number of legionnaires declared in the team of the Russian club for the KHL match should be no more than three.

– The other day it became known that the FHR turned to the Ministry of Sports with a request to tighten the limit on legionnaires in the KHL to 3 people. How do you feel about this idea?

— It is not clear why this question has arisen now. Nobody knows how many foreigners there will be next year. Many legionnaires have contracts for next year, and what should clubs do in this situation? This is a hasty decision that needs to be discussed by all parties – the federation, the KHL, the clubs themselves.

– Will the tightened limit create greenhouse conditions for Russian players?

– We, probably, do not always think about why we need legionnaires in clubs. They help level the difference in the class of teams, even out the balance of power in the league itself and, most importantly, they create competition in their clubs, give other players the opportunity to grow and develop, especially young ones. Many of them, especially experienced guys, always try to share their experience.

And these will not only be greenhouse conditions, but, in fact, we will isolate ourselves from the hockey community, sooner or later the Russian national teams will return to international tournaments, and this experience that the players gained by training, playing together or playing against legionnaires, may not enough. Foreign players in the KHL are often involved in their national teams, with whom we then play at the stages of the Euro Tour, the World Championships and the Olympics, so it is important for us to know who to play against.

Currently, Russian clubs can include five foreign players in their application for a match.

Source: Sportbox

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Hockey

Return and victory. Kremenchuk and Sokol played a Christmas match

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1 day ago

December 24, 2025

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Return and victory. Kremenchuk and Sokol played a Christmas match

A leaders’ match took place as part of the Ukrainian Hockey Championship – the current champion Kremenchuk hosted Sokol as part of the festive meeting at Christmas.

The match ended with Kremenchuk scoring 4:1, and the match was abandoned twice due to air raids.

At the same time, the home team lost 0:1, but they scored two goals on the power play in the second period and eventually hit an empty net. Vitaly Lyalka scored a double goal.

While Sokol finishes 2025 as the leader, Kremenchuk is one point behind and has a game in hand.

Ukrainian Hockey Championship

Kremenchuk – Sokol 4:1 (0:1, 2:0, 2:0)

Discs: 02:48 Mazur (Timchenko, Cherdak) – 0:1, 27:09 Lyalka (Matusevich, Krivoshapkin – large) – 1:1, 28:40 Andryushchenko (Krivenko – large) – 2:1, 59:03 Lyalka – 3:1, 59:10 Poperzhay (Gevorgyan) – 4:1

Goalkeepers: Zakharchenko – Petrov (Makarenko)

Source: Sport UA

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With the strengthening of the composition. Storm scored 8 goals in the derby

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2 days ago

December 23, 2025

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With the strengthening of the composition. Storm scored 8 goals in the derby

The Ukrainian hockey championship match took place between Storm and Odeshchina. The meeting ended with a score of 8:3 in Storm’s favor.

It should also be said that the team, which had major problems in its squad and regularly played with 12-13 hockey players, received important reinforcements from Dnepr. Five new artists appeared in the application of Odessa residents and brought immediate results.

Newcomers Laktionov, Chupryna and Deliy scored two points each.

The teams have 17 points and share 3-4 places.

Ukrainian Hockey Championship

Storm – Odeshchina 8:3 (2:0, 3:2, 3:1)

Discs: 11:28 Chuprina (Laktionov, Stotsky) – 1:0, 15:10 Mosyuk (Trushchenko, Poimanov) – 2:0, 24:06 Ponomarev (Ratushny) – 3:0, 24:40 Khanin – 3:1, 25:12 Dvornik (Bechtold) – 3:2, 31:58 Ruzhitsky (Laktionov) – 4:2, 34:05 Laktionov (Deliy, Chuprina) – 5:2, 42:19 Deliy (Derkach, Chuprina) – 6:2, 44:22 Reyuka (Poimanov, Ratushny) – 7:2, 52:30 Tailor (Kutsevich) – 8:2, 57:40 Hear -8:3

Source: Sport UA

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Junior World Hockey Championship. Calendar and match results

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3 days ago

December 23, 2025

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Junior World Hockey Championship. Calendar and match results

Traditionally, one of the most interesting hockey tournaments of the year begins – the U-20 World Junior Championship in the elite league. The tournament will take place in the USA from December 26 to January 5.

The American team will defend the title it won in Canada a year ago. However, Maple will try to heal herself after the failure.

The teams are divided into two groups of 5 teams, the top 4 will advance to the play-offs and the last two will compete for survival among the elite.

Group A: USA, Sweden, Slovakia, Switzerland, Germany

Group B: Finland, Czech Republic, Canada, Latvia, Denmark

Calendar

Group A

26 December

Sweden – Slovakia. Starts at 20:00

27 December

Germany – USA. Starts at 01:00

Slovakia – Germany. Starts at 21:00

28 December