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On the 18th of April, famous Soviet and Russian ice hockey player, 1988 Olympic champion and current member of the Russian Ice Hockey Federation board Valery Kamensky celebrates his birthday.

On the 17th of April, honoured USSR Master of Sports and 1998 Olympic champion Vitaly Samoylov celebrates his birthday.

The Russian Ice Hockey Federation confirms that accreditation applications for the two 2020/2021 Euro Hockey Challenge matches against Belarus on the 23rd and 24th of April in May can now be submitted.

On April 15, 2018 Olympic gold medalist, two-time world champion and KHL Gagarin Cup winner, Ilya Kovalchuk, celebrates his birthday.

On the 12th of April, Gennady Velichkin celebrates his birthday

On April 12, Russian national team methodist coach Lars Johansson celebrates his birthday. Today, he turned 50 years of age.

Russian goalkeeper Alexander Yeryomenko celebrates his birthday on April 10.

On April 9, Russian champion and KHL Gagarin Cup winner, Igor Grigorenko, celebrates his birthday.

On April 7, the general manager of the Russian national team and the first vice-president of the Russian Ice Hockey Federation, Roman Rotenberg, celebrates his birthday.

Russian national team and Arizona Coyotes defenseman Ilya Lyubushkin celebrates his birthday on April 6.

On April 6, Russian national team and HC CSKA Moscow forward Andrei Svetlakov celebrates his birthday. Today, he turned 25 years of age.

On March 23, the 81st anniversary of 1964 Olympic champion and legendary USSR goalkeeper Boris Zaitsev.

Earlier today, a meeting of the IIHF Council took place, during which the President of the RIHF Vladislav Tretiak announced his resignation from the Council due to the decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne as of December 17, 2020.