The media found those responsible for the care of the Russian team before the Canadian anthem

The captain of the Russian national team Ilya Kovalchuk commented on the situation with the early departure of the national team from the awards ceremony after losing the 2015 World Cup final:

“As the captain of the Russian national team, I will once again emphasize that there was no demarche, the version of which is being inflated on the Internet,” Kovalchuk said. “We shook hands with Canadians who won in professional sports wrestling and expressed our respect to them. We went to the presentation of silver medals and listened to the ceremonial speeches. Then the championship song, which usually closes such ceremonies, seemed to sound, and confetti rained down. At that moment, the gate opened, which leads to the area for communicating with journalists. We thought that this was a signal for us: the time of champions is coming, the ceremony is ending, we are, in general, superfluous in it. And we went to talk with the press, including the Canadian one. That's the whole “demarche”.

Ранее we reportedthat the Russian Ice Hockey Federation will be punished for the disrespect that the Russian team players showed towards the Canadian team after the final match of the World Cup.

The Russian team lost to the Canadian team with an 1: 6 score in the World Cup final, which took place on Sunday in Prague. At the end of the match, before the performance of the Canadian anthem in honor of the victory of the team in the world championship, most of the Russian team hockey players went to the locker room.