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Originally Posted by Blackhawkswincup
Your thinking of Khabibulin
All had to do with the fact that Viktor Tikhonov stole Khabibulin's 92 Gold Medal (And still wielded power thru 90's with Russian hockey)
02 Olympics is when Russia set right the wrong and awarded Khabibulin the medal he had stolen
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Most Russian players have had some trouble with their hockey federation at one time or another it seems, but he was probably thinking about the Bryzgalov/Nabokov debate surrounding the Vancouver Olympics that CSKA already mentioned. Bryzgalov turned down an invitation to play for the Russian team in the WC that year I believe, feeling he should have been the clear number 1 in the Olympics. I could be remembering that one wrong though, but I think that was what happened.