season reached its banal way we look ahead to the k h l playoffs and to the favorites to lift the guarin cup. and sweet touch top figure skaters help make really good starchy chocolates as preparations gather pace for russia's first ever winter olympics. but let's kick off with football as russian clubs produce their best start to the knockout stage in five years with rubin andrey anderson eight all winning the first leg of their last thirty two ties in the europa league and constantine but top off reveals one factor that could help them all. with the russian premier league midway through its winter break the spanish. hosted a four day training camp and then an international friendly which saw the russian national team eased past iceland to nail in for their capello's man want to learn at the resort m g and being trained on the neighboring peaches and also went on to produce victories in the european campaign go skating side came from behind to beat hanno were three one at the luzhniki stadium and rubin currently seventh in the domestic league play the second half with ten men but still

most were in the western conference before the new year deny moscow look to good bed to defend their guarin cup title but since alexander ovechkin and nicklas backstrom return to washington well it's an iraq side haven't looked the same says come on sco also lost part of that sort of ski get bay looks set to go far in the playoffs having the best defensive record in the cage shell always crucial in the postseason when i was on the rug one of the league's top goalscorers. however this could finally be the year of scar some petersburg they now mysie a couple children by the maternal cinco but still have an excellent mix of all things defense and had a seven game winning streak snapped just before the postseason also look out for live prague the league debutantes may not have a lot of our friends but they're certainly hearts having not lost in regular time in their last six teams from the east have won three out of the four guarin cup since the cage i was set up and it's easy to see them adding a fourth. middle of money to go all school want to perform teams during the lockout but since they'r

season reached its banal way we look ahead to the k h l playoffs and to the favorites to lift the guarin cup. and a sweet touch top figure skaters help make really good starchy chocolates as preparations gather pace for russia's first ever winter olympics.