The American striker “Salavat Yulaeva” Khmelevsky said that the tournament of the four nations lacked the Russian national team

The American striker of Salavat Yulaev, Alexander Khmelevsky, said that the four nations did not have enough participation of the Russian national hockey team.

In the final of the tournament in Boston, the Canadian team in overtime won the US team – 3: 2. At the group stage, Sweden and Finland dropped out of the struggle.

Russian teams have been removed from tournaments under the auspices of the International Hockey Federation (IIHF) since 2022. The decision on the admission of the Russian national team for the 2026 Olympics in Italy has not yet been adopted.

– Did you manage to watch a tournament of four nations?

– Yes, followed. Mostly watched the highlights. I really liked the tournament, but Russia lacked it.

– And Chekhov was not there either.

– These two teams were clearly not enough. I would like to see how the strongest compositions of Russia and the Czech Republic would look in matches with the USA and Canada.

– By the way, you were not surprised by the fight with the participation of American brothers Tkachuk in the first meeting of the United States with Canada?

– I was surprised. I did not think that this could happen, because at first I did not know about the format of the tournament. It turned out that he was group, not Olympic.

– You are familiar with the brothers?

– Yes, they played together in North America.

– In 2028, the NHL announced the holding of the World Cup. We hope that there will be the strongest composition of the participants.

– It would be great. In Russia, there are a lot of talents that deserved to perform at the World Cup. International hockey with the best masters of the planet from all countries is always interesting – Khmelevsky quotes the “championship”.

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