Guardian Australia · Ice hockey

War has upended Russian-Nordic friendships forged on Arctic ice hockey rinks. Can they ever recover?

· By Miranda Bryant
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Ban on Russian teams competing internationally has been lifted but days of friendly relations between Norwegian, Finnish and Russia players are a distant – if fond – memoryFor years, playing ice hockey against teams from Russia was a central part of Janne Tervahauta’s social life.Through his team, Tunturi-Kiekko, ba…

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