Russian goalie Sergey Bobrovsky, left, and Belarusian player Artur Gavrus in a group stage match of the 2015 IIHF World Championship between the Russian and Belarusian national teams.

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Belarusian goalie Igor Brikun, left, and Russian player Sergey Shirokov in a group stage match of the 2015 IIHF World Championship between the Russian and Belarusian national teams.

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Belarusian players Oleg Yevenko, Sergei Drozd and goalie Igor Brikun, and Russian player Evgeny Dadonov, from above, in a group stage match of the 2015 IIHF World Championship between the Russian and Belarusian national teams.

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President of the Ice Hockey Federation of Russia Vladislav Tretyak, right, during a group stage match of the 2015 IIHF World Championship between the Russian and Belarusian national teams.

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Russian and Belarusian players before a group stage match of the 2015 IIHF World Championship.

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President of the Ice Hockey Federation of Russia Vladislav Tretyak, right, during a group stage match of the 2015 IIHF World Championship between the Russian and Belarusian national teams.

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Russia's Evgeny Malkin, Belarus' Sergei Kostitsyn and Ilya Shinkevich, from left, in a group stage match of the 2015 IIHF World Championship between the Russian and Belarusian national teams.

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Belarusian goalie Igor Brikun in a group stage match of the 2015 IIHF World Championship between the Russian and Belarusian national teams.

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Players of the Russian and Belarusian national teams after a group stage match of the 2015 IIHF World Championship

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Russian players during a group stage match of the 2015 IIHF World Championship between the Russian and Belarusian national teams.

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Russia's Artem Anisimov, right, in a group stage match of the 2015 IIHF World Championship between the Russian and Belarusian national teams.

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Belarusian goaltender Kevin Lalande and player Sergei Drozd, from left, in a group stage match of the 2015 IIHF World Championship between the Russian and Belarusian national teams.

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Russia's Evgeny Dadonov, Belorusian goalie Igor Brikun and players Sergei Drozd and Nikolai Stasenko, from right, in a group stage match of the 2015 IIHF World Championship between the Russian and Belarusian national teams.

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Belarusian players Alexei Kalyuzhny, Andrei Stepanov and goalie Igor Brikun, and Russia's Artem Anisimov, from left, in a group stage match of the 2015 IIHF World Championship between the Russian and Belarusian national teams.

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Russian players celebrate their victory in a group stage match of the 2015 IIHF World Championship between the Russian and Belarusian national teams.

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Russia's Nikolay Kulyomin, left, and Belarus' Artem Volkov in a group stage match of the 2015 IIHF World Championship between the Russian and Belarusian national teams.

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Andrey Stas of Belaus (left) and Russia's Andrey Mironov at the 2015 Ice Hockey World Championship group stage match between the national teams of Russia and Belarus.

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From left: Russia's Victor Antipin, Andrey Mironov, Sergey Drozd of Belaus, Russia's Yevgeny Dadonov at the 2015 Ice Hockey World Championship group stage match between the national teams of Russia and Belarus.

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Russia's players celebrate their victory at the 2015 Ice Hockey World Championship group stage match between the national teams of Russia and Belarus.

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Belarus' Andrei Stepanov, left, and Russia's Ilya Kovalchuk during the Ice Hockey World Championship 2015 group round match between the national teams of Russian and Belarus.

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Russia's Ilya Kovalchuk (left) at the 2015 Ice Hockey World Championship group stage match between the national teams of Russia and Belarus.

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Russia's Ilya Kovalchuk (left) and Nikolay Stasenko of Belarus at the 2015 Ice Hockey World Championship group stage match between the national teams of Russia and Belarus.

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Belarus' Ilya Shinkevich, Russia's Artemy Panarin and Belarus' goalie Igor Brikun during the Ice Hockey World Championship 2015 group round match between the national teams of Russian and Belarus.

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Russia's Vladimir Tarasenko, left, and Belarus' Nikolai Stasenko during the Ice Hockey World Championship 2015 group round match between the national teams of Russian and Belarus.

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Russia's Sergei Plotnikov, left, and Belarus' goalie Igor Brikun during the Ice Hockey World Championship 2015 group round match between the national teams of Russian and Belarus.

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Belarus' Artur Gavrus injured during the Ice Hockey World Championship 2015 group round match between the national teams of Russian and Belarus.

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Russia's Yevgeny Dadonov, Vadim Shipachyov, Artemy Panarin, Yevgeny Medvedev and Ilya Kovalchuk celebrate scoring in the Ice Hockey World Championship 2015 group round match between the national teams against Belarus.

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Fans at the 2015 Ice Hockey World Championship group stage match between the national teams of Russia and Belarus.

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Russia players celebrate a goal at the 2015 Ice Hockey World Championship group stage match between the national teams of Russia and Belarus.

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Russia's Sergei Mozyakin, foreground, and Yevgeny Malkin during the Ice Hockey World Championship 2015 group round match between the national teams of Russian and Belarus.

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Russia's Yegor Yakovlev, left, and Belarus' Yevgeny Kovyrshin during the Ice Hockey World Championship 2015 group round match between the national teams of Russian and Belarus.

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Russia's goalie Sergei Bobrovsky during the Ice Hockey World Championship 2015 group round match between the national teams of Russian and Belarus.

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Russian fans during the Ice Hockey World Championship 2015 group round match between the national teams of Russian and Belarus.

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Russia's Ilya Kovalchuk, left, and Belarus' Artyom Demkov during the Ice Hockey World Championship 2015 group round match between the national teams of Russian and Belarus.

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Russia's Ilya Kovalchuk, right, scores a goal during the Ice Hockey World Championship 2015 group round match between the national teams of Russian and Belarus. Left: Belarus' goalie Kevin Lalande.

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Russian ice hockey team members rejoice at scoring a goal during the Ice Hockey World Championship 2015 group round match between the national teams of Russian and Belarus.

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Head coach of the Russian national ice hockey team Oleg Znarok during the Ice Hockey World Championship 2015 group round match between the national teams of Russian and Belarus.

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From left: Russian player Yevgeny Malkin, Belarusian player Oleg Evenko and Belarusian goalie Kevin Lalande in a group stage match of the 2015 Ice Hockey World Championship, Russia vs. Belarus.

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