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Russia fined $115,000 for snubbing Canada’s anthem at world hockey championships
The Russian Hockey Federation was fined Monday over the national team snubbing Canada’s victory celebrations after the world championship final. The sport’s governing body, IIHF, said the Russian players deliberately left the ice before Canada’s national anthem was played after a signal from captain Ilya Kovalchuk. The Russian federation had claimed its players had been confused after the...
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Lost respect towards Kovalchuk. What a loser.
Same here. That's definitely not the attitude you want to see from the Captain. Glad to see some of the Russian players were good sports and stayed out on the ice.