Vladimir Krikunov

The Canadian is the mostly likely candidate for the position, Belarus 1 reports.

The new chief manager of Belarus national hockey team announced it on September 25.

Russian coach Vladimir Krikunov once led Belarus to the famous victory over Sweden in the quarterfinals of the Olympics in Salt Lake City in 2002.

The Belarus government injects more public money into the development of ice hockey than in the state programs to train nuclear engineers or to improve the demographic situation in the country.