Here are some examples of Russian players who made it through the CHL and the NHL. National hockey teams for Russia and Belarus will not be eligible in IIHF competitions for the 2024-25 season.

Russia has remained a hotbed for NHL prospects since Alexander Mogilny defected from the Soviet Union in 1989 to join the Buffalo Sabres. That legacy, which includes current and future Hockey Hall ...

On April 26, it was reported that the IIHF decided to cancel its previously scheduled 2023 Ice Hockey World Championship in Russia’s Saint Petersburg MOSCOW, April 27. /TASS/. The Russian Hockey ...

The door for one of hockey’s powers to rejoin the fold could soon swing open. U.S. president-elect Donald Trump has indicated he plans to work to end Russia’s war in Ukraine when he returns to ...