PRAGUE, Czech Republic – Maybe if the Russians had dressed Vladimir Putin, the 62-year-old president who led an All-Star team featuring former NHL players to an 18-6 victory by scoring eight goals Saturday in Moscow.
The Russians dressed recently arrived Alex Ovechkin, Evengy Malkin, Ilya Kovalchuk and a host of KHL stars and got one goal on Canada here yesterday.
Canada won the 25th IIHF World Championship gold medal in our nations history here Sunday.
But that was only part of the story.
The fact Canada beat Russia 6-1 was also part of the story.