"Should Canada and Germany refuse to allow the Russian team to participate, we will demand compensation, enforce the postponement of the competitions, and impose sanctions on the organizers," Russian Ice Hockey Federation President Vladislav Tretiak told the TASS news agency.
"There are rules: if a team does not take the ice, it receives a forfeit loss and sanctions are imposed," Tretiak added after a presidential sports council meeting in Moscow on Thursday.
"The IIHF as a way out — either allow us to participate or, if we cannot enter Canada, move the championship, don't hold it at all, or impose sanctions on Canada."
The threat comes after the Canadian government confirmed on Wednesday that it would not allow Russian players to play in the IIHF World Junior Championship starting on December 26 in Alberta.
"Canada's position is unequivocal: as long as Russia continues its war of aggression against Ukraine, there can be no return to business as usual," Canadian Secretary of State for Sport Adam van Koeverden said in a statement. "Canada will continue to stand with Ukraine."
Following last month's Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruling, in which it said that the security concerns the IIHF cited for barring Russian teams from taking part in international tournaments was not sufficient – the world governing body pledged to work…
