October 30, 1999

CANADIAN SQUAD COMES TO RUSSIA

Russian hockey clubs are preparing for a series of games against a Canadian Squad. The Canadians regard this tour as good training for the 2000 World Championships, which will be held in St. Petersburg. Their team consists of the best minor league players and some former NHLers. Among them will be four players who took part in the 1999 World Championships held in Norway.

The tour starts on November 10. The Canadians will play against “Lada” Togliatti. Then they go to play “Torpedo” Nizhny Novgorod on November 11, “Torpedo” Yaroslavl on November 13, “Severstal” Cherepovetson November 14 and finally “SKA” St. Petersburg on November 15.

Denis Neznanov
HockeyZone's Russian Correspondent