At the youth ice hockey world championship, which ended in Canada, the Russian team won bronze medals. In the semifinals, our team lost to the Americans (1: 2), and in the fight for the "bronze" defeated Swiss peers (5:2). Two students of the Volga region Academy, defender Daniil Zhuravlev and goalkeeper Amir Miftakhov, took part in the tournament as part of the Russian team.
Both "academicians" entered the University last summer. Both protect the color "Leopard" in the MHL. A native of Nizhny Novgorod Zhuravlev has played in the tournament in Canada in all seven games in the first couple of defenders, Kazanets Miftakhov held a tournament in the status of a reserve goalkeeper.
Here's how to evaluate the performance at the 2018 world Cup and the prospects of the Academy students in the national team portal sport.business-gazeta.ru: 
"Amir Miftakhov did not get into the application of the youth team for any of the matches of the mchm, but he was included in the composition with a clear goal – to feel the atmosphere of the main youth hockey tournament. It is undisputed starting goalie in the tournament: Miftakhov spends a full season as number one club of the KHL. In the system of "AK Bars" purposefully bet on 18-year-old goalkeeper, and he justifies the trust... 
In "AK bars" 18 – year-old defense player is considered the future of the club-this summer he has already passed the pre-season training camp with the main team. Scouts compare Zhuravlev with the young Ilya Nikulin-the legend of "AK Bars" at this age also featured a high gaming intelligence and the ability to make an accurate aggravating transmission in the attack. Like Zhuravlev and head coach of youth Valery Bragin, who was pleased with the game of the young defender on the super Series and did not doubt whether to include it in the application for the Ministry of emergency situations... Zhuravlev this time was limited to coaches in creativity, but in another part will get more freedom of action.
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