“We did not discuss Michkov's test within the team.
What happened happened.
It's not our business to look for the guilty.
We came to play hockey, "Sport-Express quotes Khusnutdinov.
The tournament started in Canada on December 26 and was supposed to last until December 5.
Competitions were held in Red Deer and Edmonton.
On December 29, Russia was awarded a technical defeat from Slovakia after the discovery of a coronavirus infection in the team of striker Matvey Michkov.
Initially, the match was to take place in the Canadian Red Deer on the night of December 29-30 at 00:30 Moscow time.
Prior to that, for the same reason, the matches between Finland - Czech Republic and the USA - Switzerland were canceled.
As a result, the tournament was canceled.
Earlier, Oleg Znarok, the coach-consultant of the youth national team of Russia, reacted to the cancellation of MFM-2022 hockey.