MOSCOW, June 17, Vasily Bogdanov. Head coach of the Russian national ice hockey team Alexei Zhamnov, in a conversation with, called the decision of the National Hockey League (NHL) not to bring the Stanley Cup to Russia insanity. On Thursday, NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly said that Russian and Belarusian hockey players were denied the opportunity to bring the Stanley Cup to their countries. The Colorado Avalanche and the Tampa Bay Lightning meet in the Stanley Cup final. Russian forward Valery Nichushkin plays for Avalanche, three Russians play for Tampa: goalkeeper Andrey Vasilevsky, defender Mikhail Sergachev and forward Nikita Kucherov. «There's nothing more to say. Who has a better chance of winning the Stanley Cup — Vasilevsky, Sergachev and Kucherov or Nichushkin? Before the final, I estimated the chances as 50/50, after the first match I did not change my mind,» Zhamnov said.
