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Hockey is finally back!

Hockey season already begins. On the agenda of the day are three preparation matches for the World Cup of Hockey, where are going to be some of the Avalanche players.

However, the teams showed on the ice during their trainings, which are especially important for newly formed teams such as Team Europe, or a team made up of players of North America.

Is probable that Semyon Varlamov will not be in the net from the beginning of the match, but it is possible that he will get there during the match. We will inform you on our website about the progress of the match. 

• Russia vs. Czech republic- Thursday, 18:30 CET (6:30 PM CET), St. Petersburg (Russia)

The second match will take place by the Swedish national team. Carl Soderberg and our captain Gabriel Landeskog. Both were part of the Swedish training. They will stand against Finland.

• 1) Daniel Sedin (VAN) - Henrik Sedin (VAN) - Loui Eriksson (BOS)
• 2) Filip Forsberg (NSH) - Nicklas Backstrom (WSH) -  Patric Hörnqvist (PIT)
• 3) Carl Hagelin (NYR) - Marcus Kruger (CHI) - Jakob Silfverberg (ANA)
• 4) Gabriel Landeskog (COL) - Carl Soderberg (COL) - Rickard Rakell (ANA)

• Hampus Lindholm (ANA) /Mattias Ekholm (NSH) - Erik Karlsson (OTT)
• Victor Hedman (TB) - Anton Stralman (TB)
• Oliver Ekman-Larsson (ARI) - Niklas Hjalmarsson (CHI)

Here we can see, that both players of the Avalanche have played in training together, which is a wise move by the coach, if only because the players are used to each other from their respective teams.

• Finland vs. Sweden- Thursday, 19:00 CET (7:00 PM CET), Helsinky (Finland)

The last of today's preparatory matches will be played between the newly created teams. Team Europe will stand up against the Team North America. It will also be an interesting match, because there will be young, talented Nathan MacKinnon. "I think we have some of the best players in the NHL. In my opinion we ewill be one of the cleverest team," Mack said a few days ago.

• 1) Jonathan Drouin (TB) - Connor McDavid (EDM) - Mark Scheifele (WNP)
• 2) Johny Gaudreau (CAL) - Jack Eichel (BUF) - Brandon Saad (CBJ)
• 3) Nathan MacKinnon (COL) - Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (EDM) - Dylan Larkin (DET)
• 4) J.T. Miller (NYR) - Sean Couturier (PHI) - Matthews (TOR) / Trocheck (FLA)

• Team North America vs. Team Europe- Thursday/Friday, 2:00 CET (2:00 AM CET), Quebec City (Canada)