“It was a little exciting today, they gave the Swiss a breath of air.
We didn’t give this before.
Here the first period turned out to be difficult for us, they felt freedom.
But we played the second and third periods at the highest level.
The focus was, the defenders and the goalkeeper played well, "Sport-Express quotes Tretyak.
He also called the last match fundamental, and the victory itself very important.
According to him, the coaching staff and all hockey players can only be praised for the game.
In addition, the head of the FHR noted that the national team is very much waiting for Vladimir Tarasenko, Dmitry Orlov and Sergey Bobrovsky to start playing.
The meeting ended with a score of 4: 1.
Valery Bragin's wards scored 12 points and moved up to the first place in Group A. In the next match, which will take place on May 31, Russia will play with Sweden.
Earlier, Vladimir Krikunov was pleased with the performance of the Russian national hockey team in the match with Switzerland.