The leader of the Russian youth hockey team Matvey Michkov tested positive for coronavirus. This was reported by "RIA Novosti" citing a source.
In this regard, the group round match of the youth world ice hockey championship with Slovakia, which was supposed to take place on Thursday night, has been canceled. The Russian national team was awarded a technical defeat with a score of 0: 1.
Michkov is the best sniper and scorer of the team. In two games he scored three goals.
RBC contacted the press service of the International Ice Hockey Federation, as well as the President of the Russian Ice Hockey Federation Vladislav Tretyak.
The Russian national team match was canceled at the MFM hockey. How COVID Affects Sports Hockey At the moment, Russia has won and two defeats. The next game is scheduled for January 1 (beginning - 5:30 Moscow time). The rival is the US team, whose match with Switzerland was canceled on Tuesday due to the detection of two cases of infection in the US national team.
The tournament takes place in Canadian Edmonton and Red Deer. At the moment, the World Cup has already canceled two matches due to the coronavirus.
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