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28 December 2021, 02:55 World Juniors

First period goals led to Team Russia’s first WJC win
The Russians played a more active game, trying to be more disciplined and controlling the puck in the neutral zone. The changes worked and Team Russia celebrated its first win at this year’s WJC.
27 December 2021, 05:30 World Juniors

Michkov’s brace not enough to save Team Russia against Sweden.
The Russians started their World Junior Championship venture with a loss to Team Sweden. Matvei Michkov potted a double, but it wasn’t enough to get the best of Tre Kronor.
22 December 2021, 15:00 World Juniors

Road to World Juniors: Vasily Ponomaryov
Renowned French author Jules Renard once said, “When I think of all the books still left for me to read, I am certain of further happiness.” I can only imagine the joy Renard would find in the suitcase of Vasily Ponomaryov, a talented Russian forward and voracious reader who—by his own admission—will carry a personal library of six or eight books to World Juniors. When asked about the contents of his undoubtedly overweight luggage, the subjects ranged from psychology and BMWs to legendary athletes and artists.
17 December 2021, 10:00 World Juniors

Road to World Juniors: Nikita Guslistov
Nikita Guslistov grew up in hockey-mad Cherepovets, a city nestled on the Volga-Baltic waterway between Moscow and Saint Petersburg. The nineteen-year-old forward honed his craft in the shadow of local favorite Severstal, a club he could never imagine lacing up for someday.
14 December 2021, 14:50 World Juniors

Team Russia named roster for World Juniors
Russian national team announced roster for upcoming World Junior Championship.
23 November 2021, 14:50 World Juniors

Sergei Zubov to lead Team Russia at the upcoming WJC
Sergei Zubov has been appointed as the new head coach for Team Russia at the upcoming WJC. Oleg Bratash will still be in as one of his assistants.
7 January 2021, 14:00 World Juniors

17 KHL players helped Russia in 2021 WJC
The Russians tried hard but couldn’t get back home with their third straight medal after losing the bronze-medal showdown against a motivated Team Finland. Last year, the Red Machine made it through the finals, losing 4-3 to Canada.
6 January 2021, 05:36 World Juniors

Russia loses bronze medal game against Finland
In a hard-fought battle, the Russians failed to get home with the bronze medal after a 1-4 defeat by the hand of Team Finland, who got the most out of its chances to earn a well-deserved victory.
5 January 2021, 12:00 World Juniors

Canada defeats Russia in WJC semis
Team Russia suffered from a crushing defeat when Canada won the semifinals with a massive 5-0 score to qualify for the gold medal game for the second straight year.
3 January 2021, 00:05 World Juniors

Russia downs Germany in WJC quarterfinals
In a game that was a sort of revenge match for the 2018 Olympic Games finals, the Germans had an admirable effort, but it wasn’t enough as Russia defeated them for the eighth straight time in the WJC history to qualify for the semifinals after a 2-1 win.
1 January 2021, 20:40 World Juniors

KHL players leading Russia at 2021 World Juniors
The Russians have completed the round-robin stage in Group B’s second place, and they’re now looking forward to a quarterfinals matchup against Team Germany on Jan. 2. There will be a Nordic derby between Finland and Sweden in the other quarterfinals, while the host country Canada will face the Czech Republic. In the day’s last matchup, Team USA will take on Slovakia.
31 December 2020, 09:30 World Juniors

Russia halts Sweden's historic winning streak
Russia defeated Sweden in an OT thriller after the latter had 54 consecutive victories in the WJC group stage. Marat Khusnutdinov's goal in OT sends Russia to the top of Group B standings, with two games still to be played tomorrow.
30 December 2020, 09:00 World Juniors

Russia overcomes Austria at the World Juniors
No surprises as Team Russia easily defeats Team Austria with a 7-1 score, with Vasily Podkolzin netting a double and having an assist.
28 December 2020, 09:00 World Juniors

Czech Republic blanks Russia at World Juniors
The Russians went goalless for the first time in nine years, while the Czechs converted mistakes into goals to celebrate their first victory at this year's WJC.
26 December 2020, 09:00 World Juniors

Russia defeats Team USA at WJC opener
In a close, tight game, the Russians had the best of Team USA after scoring four quick goals.
25 December 2020, 14:00 World Juniors

KHL players look to propel Russia to another medal
On December 25, the best junior national team on the planet will clash for the most coveted trophy in the U20 category: the WJC gold medal.
24 December 2020, 16:00 World Juniors

Road to World Juniors: Vasily Podkolzin
In the late 1970s, a defenseman named Valery Rakov joined Khimik Voskresensk, a club in the top flight of the Soviet League. He played alongside a five-foot-nine center named Igor Larionov, who was barely three years into a professional career that ended with a Hall of Fame induction. Nearly forty years later, Rakov’s nephew Vasily Podkolzin would debut alongside Pavel Datsyuk and Nikita Gusev, becoming the first 21st century-born player to play in the KHL.
24 December 2020, 11:00 World Juniors

Team Russia loses to Canada in pre-tournament match
In the only WJC warm-up game, Team Russia lost to Canada with a 0-1 score.
18 December 2020, 14:00 World Juniors

Road to World Juniors: Yaroslav Askarov
When Yaroslav Askarov was six years old, his team played without goaltenders. The effort required to skate up the ice and score felt thankless when the opponent swiftly equalized. Unwilling to see his team’s lead squandered, the future SKA St. Petersburg netminder dropped to his knees and blocked shots in skaters’ pads. Noticing his courage in front of the puck, the coach offered Askarov an opportunity to step between the pipes—and perhaps you could say the rest was history.
11 December 2020, 16:30 World Juniors

Road to World Juniors: Daniil Chayka
Daniil Chayka’s hockey tape bag is heavier than most. It bears an unexpected gift that is perhaps as important as any other accessory. A golden horseshoe has traveled over 7,000 kilometers from Ontario to Moscow—a talisman that brought Chayka an OHL Showcase Cup, and one that reminds the eighteen-year-old of his second family in a faraway home.
3 December 2020, 16:30 World Juniors

Road to World Juniors: Amirov, Mukhamadullin
The competition between Rodion Amirov and Shakir Mukhamadullin is electric. One Salavat Yulaev coach summarizes the dynamic in a single word: “intense.” A wash of probabilities race across the minds of Ufa’s high-profile teenagers as they look one another in the eye. Has proximity granted the gift of clairvoyance—an anticipation of the counter-attack? The pair of prospects are teammates in the lens of a television camera, but in the confines of Ufa’s locker room, they wage war. The battleground may be confined to the nineteen inches of a backgammon board, but the prize is immeasurable.
7 January 2020, 15:40 World Juniors

KHL players lead the way at the World Juniors
Team Russia, led by 16 KHL players, got back home with silver hardware from the Czech Republic after being edged by Team Canada in the World Juniors' finals.
6 January 2020, 01:20 World Juniors

Goals and drama in World Juniors' finals, Russia loses to Canada
No one was expecting the game to end with a 6-0 score as it was the case in the round-robin. In fact, it was a game full of drama as the showdown between Team Russia and Team Canada gifted hockey fans yet another classic for the years to come. The Russians blew away a 2-goal lead as the team displayed a lack of discipline in the third period, and the Canadians won their eighteenth World Juniors' gold medal.
4 January 2020, 21:00 World Juniors

Team Russia wins in OT, move on to World Juniors' finals
After a nightmare start and being down in the score later in the third period, the Russians rallied back and got to the finals after a three-year hiatus.
2 January 2020, 17:40 World Juniors

Team Russia advances to World Juniors semifinals
In the first medal-round game, the Russians had little trouble in defeating a well-organized Team Switzerland. When the team's stars pushed the gas, the opposition had simply no chances.
1 January 2020, 16:05 World Juniors

KHL players starring at 2020 World Juniors
31 December 2019, 19:50 World Juniors

Russia trashes Germany in last World Juniors’ round-robin game
As expected, the Russians had an easy path to victory against Team Germany in the last round-robin game, and the match was virtually over already after the first period. With Team Russia up by five goals, the third period was nothing more than a formality.
30 December 2019, 00:05 World Juniors

Team Russia suffers second defeat at the World Juniors
It was quite a change of scenery in the Czech Republic when the Russians trashed Team Canada yesterday with a memorable 6-0 score.
29 December 2019, 00:50 World Juniors

Russia defeats Canada in WJC second game
In the second World Junior Championship game, Team Russia defeated Team Canada with a record-breaking 6-0 score. It's the first time that any Russian or Soviet national team beats the Canadians with such a gap.
26 December 2019, 20:30 World Juniors

Czech Republic Edges Russia in WJC Opener
The home soil and fans lifted the Czechs to a 4-3 win in the 2020 WJC opener at the Ostravar Arena.
26 December 2019, 10:00 World Juniors

Tauber’s legacy guides Russia’s juniors
Russia begins its World Junior Championship campaign today in Ostrava – and one coach will be following the action more closely than most. Oleg Tauber, currently in charge of the U18s in Khanty-Mansiysk, has had a hand in the development of dozens of promising youngsters and several of them are expected to form part of Valery Bragin’s team at the World Championship.
6 January 2019, 18:15 World Juniors

KHL Players Under the Spotlight at the WJC
Team Russia, led by 15 KHL players, conquered the bronze medal at the World Junior Championship, after a thrill against Team Switzerland. Lokomotiv’s Kirill Slepets had a hat-trick as Russia downed the Swiss 5-2 for bronze.
6 January 2019, 09:00 World Juniors

Slepets fires Russia to bronze
A hat-trick from Lokomotiv’s Kirill Slepets lifted Russia to a 5-2 win over Switzerland in the bronze medal game at the IIHF World Junior Championship. Russia collects a medal for the eighth time in nine years.
5 January 2019, 11:15 World Juniors

Controversy and heartache in Vancouver – Russia loses out to USA
Russia’s golden dream came to an abrupt end in Vancouver as Valery Bragin’s U20 roster suffered a narrow semi-final loss to Team USA.
1 January 2019, 14:30 World Juniors

KHL Players Instrumental at WJC
After the fantastic game played in the New Year’s Even between Russia and Canada in front of a sold-out crowd in Vancouver, the round robin has ended, and the World Junior Championship will now move on to the quarterfinals and the relegation games.
26 December 2018, 15:00 World Juniors

17 KHL players to fight for WJC gold medal
On December 26, in Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia, one of the most exciting tournaments of the year begins: The World Junior Championship.