A great five

it is Clear that the first number in the top five in the history of the “capital” includes current team captain Alexander Ovechkin (1278 points in 1152 games for club). May not be Ovechkin, it is unlikely that there would be a idea to make a similar rating. In the center of North Americans put Evgeny Kuznetsov (389 points in 479 games).

Also in the top three included forwards Alexander Semin (386 points in 417 games). A few defenders were Sergei Gonchar (416 points in 654), now part of the coaching staff, “Pittsburgh”, and Dmitry Orlov (180 points in 417 games). Well, the best Russian goalie in the history of “Washington” was named Semyon Varlamov.

the international ice hockey Federation (IIHF) introduced the team on the ice hockey tournament of the Olympic games in 2022 in Beijing. Russian national team has got in group “B”. Contenders of Russians will be teams of Czech Republic and Switzerland. Another member of the Quartet will be determined in qualifying. In the “A” group will play teams of Canada, USA, Germany and China. In group C Finland and Sweden will play two teams from the selection.

the composition of the groups was determined by world ranking, which leads Canada, and the Russians occupy the second position.