Tag Archives: Russian Hockey
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Yet Another Bench-Clearing Brawl from a Russian Youth Hockey Game (Video)
For years and years, hockey hardliners in North America criticized European players as soft while praising the virtue of hard-nosed Canadians. However, judging by what we’re seeing at the youth level in Russia these days, the next generation of Russian NHLers will be pretty damn tough. A couple years back we saw a bunch of [...]
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Russian Youth Hockey Game Called Off After Multiple Line Brawls (Video)
The next time Don Cherry either insinuates or openly asserts that Russian hockey players are soft and don’t know how to mix it up, kindly direct him to this video. Because, obviously, the next generation of Russian players have taken the hockey oracle’s critique to heart and have overcorrected just a bit. What am I [...]
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Rangers Want Compensation For Cherepanov
Total Pro Sports – Who said sports is not run like a business???? A month has passed since the tragic event that took place in Russia when Alexei Cherepanov collapsed and died during a Russian hockey league game with “Omsk”. Now, the New York Rangers are looking for compensation for their late draft pick, Alexei Cherepanov. [...]
