“It’s a big game against Russia every time — we just hate each other,” the Hamilton Bulldogs star and Coyotes prospect said. That’s why we did this job.”It’s the second time in three years they beat the Russians on Boxing Day. Russia, however, are notorious slow starters at this event and tend to ramp it up come playoff time. He’ll be good.”The Czechs were badly outshot (36-22) and didn’t possess the puck nearly as much as the Russians. “We couldn’t go into the tournament thinking Russia is better than us,” Blumel said.

Source: National Post December 27, 2019 00:09 UTC