The Canadian national team performed at the Channel One Cup, where they lost to the teams of Russia (3: 4) and Finland (1: 4), and also defeated Sweden (3: 1).

“Russia has a great team in this tournament.

In general, the Russians bring a very strong squad to any competition.

The team has an excellent coaching staff and management.

Alexey Zhamnov, I played against him, he was an incredible hockey player.

The Russians always have a strong team, they will be among the first contenders for Olympic gold, "Dawn is quoted as saying by TASS.

The Beijing Olympics will be held from 4 to 20 February 2022 in Beijing.

Earlier, Kamensky said that the Russian national team was sticking to the plan in the Channel One Cup match with the Czech Republic.