Canada’s gain, Russia’s pain
Monday, 10 September 2007
A colleague of mine who attended the games in Winnipeg, Saskatoon, and Red Deer told me that the hapless Russians apparently had some issues in terms of supervising their players off-ice.
No, we’re not talking about some huge scandal. But Hockey Canada nowadays provides a very structured environment for its U20 players in everything from meal times to meeting with the media, whereas, for instance, some Russian players were out strolling the streets of Saskatoon three and a half hours before the opening faceoff of Game Six. Which would seem inadvisable, coming off an 8-1 loss that sealed Canada’s series victory.
Regardless of the circumstances, it’s quite a reversal from the 1970’s and 80’s, when touring Russian teams were often confined to their hotel rooms between games and were accompanied by KGB minders.
HockeyAdventure.com brings you the best of Lucas Aykroyd's current blog entries and archived articles. Based in Vancouver, Aykroyd has written about NHL, international, and junior hockey for The Hockey News, The Sporting News, the NHL Yearbook, Rinkside, NHL.com, Eishockey News, and Prospects Hockey. As an editor and journalist, he has covered three Olympics, ten World Championships, three World Junior Championships, one World Women's Championship, and one World U18 Championship for IIHF.com and HockeyCanada.ca. He was one of 56 experts chosen to vote for the IIHF's Centennial All-Star Team.
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