Focus On: Russia

The Russian national team won the 2012 IIHF World Championship, by dominating from the start until the end the tournament, concluding undefeated their campaign and lifting the Trophy in the Final Day, by defeating 6-2 Slovakia. With primetime superstars as Yevgeni Malkin, Alexander Ovechkin, Pavel Datsyuk, Semyon Varlamov and many others, the Russian team grabbed the top honors of last year’s competition. Because of this, they are the natural favourites of the upcoming 2013 IIHF World Championship, which wi