For the first time this happened in 2005, when Canadians on their territory were utterly stronger (6: 1). The best striker of the tournament 15 years ago was recognized Russian Alexander Ovechkin. Subsequently, Russia was inferior to Canada at the MFM of 2006, 2007, 2015 and 2020. In turn, the Russians prevailed in 1999, 2002, 2003 and 2011.
In addition, Canada was ahead of Russia at the 1995 MFM, but 25 years ago, the competition took place on a round robin and did not provide for a playoff.
Earlier it was reported that the first vice president of the Russian Hockey Federation (FHR) Roman Rotenberg supported the coaching staff of the youth team.