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Women’s Hockey Wednesday: Russian U18s make history at Worlds

What a Day! | CONWAY'S RUSSIAN HOCKEY BLOG
on Saturday, Russia’s Under-18 women’s national team opened the 2018 U18 Worlds, at home in Dmitrov just north of Moscow, with a 3-2 victory over Canada.

Russia stuns Canada to open U18 Worlds - The Ice Garden
Team Russia defends home ice with upset win, first time in tournament history a North American team has been defeated by a European squad

It’s sort of old news now, since it happened on the first day of the tournament and by the time this is published the first game of the medal round will likely be over, but the biggest news of the week was very likely Russia’s win over Canada at the Under-18 Women’s World Championships.