From Breitbart: President Trump agreed in principle to Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s proposal of a series of hokey games between the U.S. and Russia during the pair’s nearly three-hour phone conversation on Tuesday.
During Tuesday’s confab, Putin reportedly discussed the idea of a hockey game between the two rival nations.
According to information released by the Russian government, Putin proposed that the teams be culled from the National Hockey League in the U.S. and the Kontinental Hockey League in Russia.
“Donald Trump supported Vladimir Putin’s idea to organize hockey matches in the USA and Russia between Russian and American players playing in the NHL and KHL,” the Kremlin stated in a statement published after the call, Yahoo News reported.
According to the report, the hockey game suggestion is not a done deal, although Russia said Trump “generally agreed to the idea”, adding that plans for such a game would be arranged later.
President Trump has not mentioned anything about Putin’s request for the hockey games.
Since 2022, Russia has been isolated from international sports following its invasion of Ukraine.
Now Russia is apparently wanting back ‘in the game.’
📞 During phone convo with the Russian President, @realDonaldTrump expressed support for Vladimir #Putin‘s idea to hold ice hockey matches in both the US and Russia between our all-stars from the @NHL and the @khl_eng 👍https://t.co/WbQzcGOmPB#RussiaUS 🇷🇺🏒🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/af9I9LceW3
— MFA Russia 🇷🇺 (@mfa_russia) March 19, 2025
The NHL released the following statement: “We have just become aware of the conversation between President Trump and President Putin. Obviously we’re not a party to those discussions, and it would be inappropriate for us to comment at this time.”
Following the @meridithmcgraw report about Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin discussing hockey games in the U.S. and Russia featuring NHL/KHL players, the NHL released this statement: pic.twitter.com/iILF2UpDRB
— Chris Johnston (@reporterchris) March 18, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin discussed staging a series of hockey games between players from their respective countries during their lengthy call Tuesday, according to the Kremlin: https://t.co/ahp6aNUNKJ
— TSN Hockey (@TSNHockey) March 18, 2025
From @TheAthletic: President Trump and President Vladimir Putin discussed the possibility of U.S. and Russian hockey players being featured in games against each other. The NHL said it had not been consulted on the possibility. https://t.co/0toRBBfoXI
— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 19, 2025
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