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When they talk about domestic hockey, one cannot help but call it legendary. Russian players, of course, are our pride, as they impress with their effectiveness both in other teams and in the national team.
The birth date of Russian hockey is December 22, 1946, when the first matches of the first USSR ice hockey championship were held in Moscow, Leningrad, Riga, Kaunas and Arkhangelsk.
The Russian national team appeared in 1992 and is considered the heir to the famous «Red Machine» - the Soviet Union team, which since 1954 has never come out of a competition without medals. The USSR national team won the World Hockey Championship 22 times out of 34 possible, and won the Olympic Games 9 out of 9 times.
Due to instability in the country in general and in professional sports in particular, many top hockey players in our country were forced to leave for foreign clubs, including the NHL. Having lost leading players, the Russian team had no significant achievements for decades after winning the World Cup in 1993. And only in 2008 did Russian hockey players manage to regain the title of world champions.
A year later, the Russian national hockey team confirmed its status with a victory over the Canadian team in the final of the 2009 World Championship. From that moment it became clear that Russian hockey players had regained their strength, and the “defeatist period” in the history of Russian hockey was over.
«Red Machine» - this is what the USSR national team was called in the 70s of the last century, during the confident advancement of our team around the world. This name also applies to the modern team, since the «Red Machine» is a national program for the development of hockey players.
Legendary, powerful, stellar, destructive - all these definitions apply to the Russian national hockey team! Fans cannot take their minds off the puck at her matches and never cease to admire the speed and skill of the team. Therefore, do not delay long and purchase tickets for the matches of the Russian national hockey team on our website to personally support your favorite team!