Canadian TSN journalist Brian Hayes Youtube channel The publication noted that Russia ranks second only to Canada in world hockey.
“Russia had participated in the Olympics in the past, but its name was not Russia. “They were ‘neutral athletes,’ whatever that means, I don’t know,” Hayes said.
In the spring of 2022, the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) decided to ban Russian players from participating in international tournaments, even with neutral status, and the organization also stripped Russia of the right to host the youth world championship at home in 2023. . In March 2023, the IIHF extended the suspension for the 2023/24 season. At the same time, the president of the organization, Luc Tardif, said that the IIHF council will return to the issue of accepting the national teams of Russia and Belarus in March 2024.
The IIHF Board of Directors will hold a two-day meeting in Zurich on February 12-13, one of the topics on the agenda should be the discussion of the return of Russia and Belarus.
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