Countdown clock launched for 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship in Russia [Getty Images]

MOSCOW, RUSSIA. JANUARY 27, 2016. Russian State Duma member Vladislav Tretiak (L) and Alexei Vorobyov, head of the Moscow Department for Physical Education and Sport, attend the launch ceremony for the 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship countdown clock, at the GUM ice skating rink. Sergei Bobylev/TASS (Photo by Sergei Bobylev\TASS via Getty Images)

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