MOSCOW, February 27 Former Canadian hockey player Wayne Gretzky spoke on TSN with an appeal not to allow Russian hockey players to play at the youth world championship. The tournament traditionally takes place in late December — early January. The last World Youth Championship was supposed to be held in Edmonton and Red Deer, Canada, but a few days after the start, it was postponed to August 2022 due to cases of coronavirus infection in several national teams. «One of the things that I liked was the reaction of the Polish a football team that insists that it will not play with them, «said Gretzky. «I think the hockey community should say that «we are not going to allow them to play in the youth hockey world championship.» I think that as Canadians we have to take on this responsibility, the games will be held in Edmonton. «Gretzky is the best scorer in the history of the NHL, he has 894 goals in the regular season.
