Russia fined for contempt of Canadians (video)

Absurd moment in the final of the world ice hockey championship in the Czech Republic, Russia cost 80 thousand Swiss francs. Directly on this amount had been fined by the hockey Federation of Russia for early care domestic hockey players off the ice.

International hockey Federation has fined the Russian Federation for the conflict that occurred in early may of this year after the world Cup final 2015. At that time the Russian team left the ice, waiting for the ceremony canadian hockey players. The amount of the fine amounted to 80 thousand Swiss francs, informs Department of public relations of the IIHF.

In the world Cup final in the Czech Republic, the Russian team lost to the canadian team with the score 1:6. After finishing the game before the national anthem of Canada to commemorate the victory of the team in the tournament most of the domestic players left the ice. Some of the players of the national team of Russia, including Alexander Ovechkin, Evgeni Malkin, Viktor Tikhonov and Dmitry Kulikov, remained on the ice at the time the national anthem of Canada.

Patriotic party brought their own apology for this conflict, calling it an unfortunate misconception. According to the Russian ice hockey Federation, ice hockey erroneously treated the open passage in the side as a signal to exit, and hurried to the locker room. In the International ice hockey Federation with this interpretation of events is not agreed, and awarded the people of Russia imposing a penalty.

Guilty for the incident FHR was named head coach of the national team Oleg snarky and former General Manager of Russian national team Andrey Safronov.

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3E3QrcQQ7H0?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

sections: Sport, Accidents