Russia - Denmark. Press-conference

Russian head coach Oleg Znarok:

- We had a great game. We took advantage of our goalscoring chances, and we will now prepare for the next match.

- Are such victories for the team useful or dangerous? And why did Stepan Sannikov go straight into the first line?

- Yes, we are satisfied with his performance. We have four even lines. About the victory, then I think that this is an excellent match for us, and we used our openings.

- Ilya Sorokin made his World Championship debut. Why didn’t you put him in from the start?

- We wanted him to feel the World Championship’s atmosphere, and he will play one game as the starting netminder.

- Vadim Shipachyov’s line played fantastically. Are they playing like last year again?

- A lot of work still needs to be done, especially in defence.

Danish head coach Jan Karlsson:

- First of all, congratulations to Russia for the three points. However, congratulations is the wrong word, as Denmark took a hockey lesson. We have to learn from this and move on.

- Tomorrow you have a very important match against Latvia. Did this influence this game?

- Yes, of course.

Russian Ice Hockey Federation