They have seven medals from the last 10 World Championships, including 2 gold. They are the best players in the world and one of the top favourites for the gold again. Will Russia win it all this year?

Russia beat Switzerland 5-2 in the 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship bronze medal game as world-class skill and opportunism won out over a never-say-die attitude.

With a 2-1 semi-final victory over the Russians, Team USA advances to the gold medal game.

Russia scored four goals in the first eleven minutes, chased starting goalie Samuel Hlavaj from the crease, and breezed to a 8-3 win over Slovakia in the last of the quarter-finals games.

Pavel Shen scored a highlight-reel goal at 11:00 of the third period to break a 1-1 tie and give Russia victory over Canada.

Russia came back from a two-goal deficit to beat Switzerland 7-4.

Russia scored two goals on Czech power plays to defeat the Czechs 2-1.

An interview in Russian from 1969 published by Spartak Moscow with Yevgeni Zimin and Anatoli Seridov in 1969. The former Soviet national team player passed away on 28 December 2018.

Denmark played stronger than the night before and challenge Russia for a while until the Russians skated to a 4-0 win.