Valery Bragin: With Telegin and Grigorenko, we would have won the final against Sweden

Valery Bragin, the head coach of Russian national junior hockey team, claimed injuries were the key factor in his team losing the tournament.

«Everything was against us. There were many injuries. I think if it was not for the injuries of Ivan Telegin and Mikhail Grigorenko, we would have won the final against Sweden. To me, the latter is the best center forward at all. However, I’m grateful to the guys for their performance and the results they achieved,» Bragin said as quoted by Sovetsky sport.