This probably could have gone in the actual recap itself, but I didn’t have anything else to discuss here instead. After Russia’s devastating loss to the United States on Friday, Klim Kostin (St. Louis) was visibly distraught during the awards ceremony. He was fighting back tears and did not want to participate in the ceremony (though he was named one of Russia’s best players of the tournament).
Kostin took to Twitter after the game to apologize:
I didn’t think he really had anything to apologize for — it was an emotional night — but I thought it was a very classy gesture.