The Hockey Federation condemned the refusal of Russian juniors to receive awards at the Future Cup
The Russian Hockey Federation (RHF) condemned the refusal of the Russian junior team (under 18 years old) to receive awards at the international Future Cup tournament in Minsk. RIA Novosti reports this.
The federation expressed concern about the behavior of athletes at the tournament. They stated that they would study the circumstances that led to the misunderstanding associated with the decision of the junior hockey team players to leave team and individual prizes on the ice.
The Russian junior team refused awards at the Future Cup on February 10. Domestic athletes lost in overtime to the youth team of Belarus, made up of players no older than 20 years old, with a score of 5:6 and should have received medals for second place.
After this, the senator of Belarus, former chairman of the country’s Hockey Federation, Dmitry Baskov, called the behavior of the Russians unacceptable. He felt that this was contrary to the friendship and support that has always existed between the countries.
Source: Lenta
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