Ice Hockey - Men's Group A - Russia v Slovenia | Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics

[@huntermccallum3502]

Lmao even though this guy totally butchers Varlamov’s and Kovalchuk’s names, it was strangely a pleasant and calming recap, something you could fall asleep to. I want to watch documentaries narrated by this dude when I’m in bed.

[@Lexani99]

gg slovenia for a small country

[@unsaltedsalt8208]

Lexani99 what does being a small country have to do with anything?

[@rinaldsgruznovs6656]

if ur a small country you have a lot loess players to pick from different to places like Usa and Russia

[@SestoS3nto]

@@rinaldsgruznovs6656 I know I'm "necroposting", as your comment is 3 years old, but still, don't compare hockey power by country's size or population. It's essentially comes down to the popularity of sport, and the wealth of this population, as the hockey isn't the cheapest sport around. The US have 5 times more hockey players than Russia. Canada, which has only 40million population has 720 000 hockey players, while Russia with 140mln population has only 110 000. Even Czech Republic, with 10mln population has more registred hockey players than entire country of Russia.. So yeah, there are lots of the aspects that create country's "talent pool".

[@Morkoo]

@@SestoS3nto Different countries have different systems so i wouldnt use number of "registered players" as a source for such comparison.

[@SestoS3nto]

@@Morkoo It's still the most accurate statistics that we get. Far better than simply judging by country population. The way countries register amateurs may differ indeed, but since this statistic also includes the pro's it's gives you a pretty good idea which country has larger talent pool. For example Canada and USA have 5-6 times more players than third place in this list, and you can see the same pattern in amount of NHLers/TOP Nhlers for these countries. Same with SWE/RUS/FIN.

[@dariancanada3108]

When Russia gave a disgraceful kovalchuk more ice time than an amazing NHL sniper Ovechkin

[@kalle8189]

Kovalchuk can make goals for his nation

[@msliza4490]

Happy for Russia!!!🤗

[@cojotaho]

But

[@billybob2589]

gg

[@thomasnajhart2371]

russia paid for the referress to win the match.