2014 WJC Preview: Russia's goaltending will keep them in the hunt for WJC gold

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Nov 16, 2005
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Each year, Russia is usually among the contenders for the U20 World Junior Championship gold medal, with this year being no different as head coach Mikhail Varnakov will have at his disposal a very good team.*Last month's*Subway Super Series showed that Russia would ice a very competitive team as, with 14 players busy in the KHL, Team Russia still skated on a par with the CHL all-star teams that they faced.



In the early years of the Subway series, the Russian selects were romped with lopsided scores, while in more recent editions they could count on icing better teams. This year, though, the schedule was changed and Varnakov had to make do mostly with a second-tier squad.… read more



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