Foreground, from left: the Russian national team goalkeeper Vasily Koshechkin, players Sergei Andronov and Pavel Datsyuk, and acting head coach Ilya Vorobyov pose for a group photo at the training session ahead of the 2018 IIHF World Championship in Denmark.

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The Russian national ice hockey team poses for a group photo at the training session ahead of the 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship in Denmark.

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The Russian national ice hockey team poses for a group photo at the training session ahead of the 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship in Denmark.

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Russia's player Pavel Datsyuk during training ahead of the 2018 Ice Hockey World Championship in Denmark. The first match - Russia vs. France - will be played at Royal Arena, Copenhagen on May 4.

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Russia's Nikita Tryamkin during training ahead of the 2018 Ice Hockey World Championship in Denmark. The first match - Russia vs. France - will be played at Royal Arena, Copenhagen on May 4.

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The Russian national team's player Nikita Soshnikov during a training session ahead of the 2018 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships in Denmark. The first match of the tournament between Russia and France will take place at Royal Arena in Copenhagen on May 4.

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The Russian national team's player Ilya Mikheyev during a training session ahead of the 2018 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships in Denmark. The first match of the tournament between Russia and France will take place at Royal Arena in Copenhagen on May 4.

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The Russian national team's player Nikita Soshnikov, left, and Dinar Khafizullin during a training session ahead of the 2018 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships in Denmark. The first match of the tournament between Russia and France will take place at Royal Arena in Copenhagen on May 4.

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The Russian national team's player Alexei Bereglazov during a training session ahead of the 2018 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships in Denmark. The first match of the tournament between Russia and France will take place at Royal Arena in Copenhagen on May 4.

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The Russian national team's player Vladislav Gavrikov during a training session ahead of the 2018 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships in Denmark. The first match of the tournament between Russia and France will take place at Royal Arena in Copenhagen on May 4.

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The Russian national team's player Nikita Nesterov during a training session ahead of the 2018 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships in Denmark. The first match of the tournament between Russia and France will take place at Royal Arena in Copenhagen on May 4.

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CSKA's Kirill Kaprizov during the Kontinental Hockey League's Gagarin Cup playoff final match between PHC CSKA (Moscow) and HC Ak Bars (Kazan).

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SKA's Nikita Gusev celebrates a goal during the Kontinental Hockey League Gagarin Cup semi-final match between CSKA (Moscow) and SKA (St. Petersburg).

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CSKA's player Mikhail Grigorenko celebrates scoring a goal at the Kontinental Hockey League's Gagarin Cup semifinal playoff match between PHC CSKA Moscow, Russia and HC Jokerit Helsinki, Finland.

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Sergei Andronov (Russia) during a group stage match between the Russia and USA national teams in the men's ice hockey tournament at the XXIII Winter Olympic Games.

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Russia's hockey player Alexander Barabanov during a training session at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games.

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Russian hockey player Ilya Sorokin before a photo session ahead of the events of the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang.

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Russian hockey player Vasily Koshechkin before a photo session ahead of the events of the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang.

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Team Russia's Yegor Yakovlev during the friendly hockey match between Team Russia and Spartak.

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Russia's Ilya Kablukov, left, and Kirill Kaprizov after the game between the Russian and Finnish national teams at the second tournament of the 2017–18 Euro Hockey Tour.

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Russia's goalie Igor Shestyorkin during training for the team's tournament against Sweden of the Channel One Cup, the 2nd stage of the 2017-18 Euro Hockey Tour.

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Maxim Shalunov (CSKA) before the regular Kontinental Hockey League match between HC Sibir (Novosibirsk Region) and PHC CSKA (Moscow).

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Russia's Bogdan Kiselevich at the award ceremony for winners of the 2017 IIHF World Championship bronze medal match.

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Russia's Evgeny Dadonov at the IIHF World Championship 2017 group stage match between the national teams of Russia and Slovakia.

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CSKA's player Maxim Mamin at the Kontinental Hockey League regular championship match between CSKA Moscow and Lokomotiv Yaroslavl.

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Russia's player Artem Anisimov at the 2016 World Cup of Hockey group stage match Russia vs. Finland.

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The Russian team's player Nikita Zaitsev before the 2016 IIHF World Championship group stage match between the Russian and Swedish national teams.

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Russia's Pavel Buchnevich plays against Sweden during group stage of the 2015 International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Junior Championship in Toronto, Canada.

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