National Hockey Association Club (NHL) Pittsburgh Penguins’s Russian striker Evgeny Malkin will not take a break of four countries due to knee injury. Reporting this Athletic.
On January 25th, Malkin was injured in the first period in the regular championship match against Seattle Kraken, where penguins lost 1: 4, and could not complete the game. The Russians reportedly avoided serious damage, but he will have to miss a few weeks.
It is stated that the recovery time may change after the next medical examination.
The four countries tournament in NHL will be held between 13-21 February. Canada, USA, Finland and Czech Republic teams will participate.
In the spring of 2022, the International Hockey Federation (IIHF) decided to remove Russian players from participating in international tournaments even in neutral status, and the organization took the right to organize the Ev Youth World Championship in 2023.
In March 2023, IIHF expanded the abolition of the 2023/24 season. Luke Tardif, the president of the organization, said that the IIHF council would return to the issue of accepting the national teams of Russia and Belarus in March 2024.
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Source: Gazeta
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