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Under the leadership of Dave Henderson, the French have been on the rise for several seasons, and superpowers like Russia can no longer take it for granted that they can beat France. After all, the French beat Russia 2-1 in the last World Championship, in a game with few shots on goal and rare chances, which is no wonder as France plays tough and disciplined hockey. Today they are facing Russia B and I doubt they will change the way they play. Compared to the World Championship 15 players are back on the team, including both main goalies (Hardy and Huet). The goalies are the best part of both teams actually, with the Russians trusting their duo Garipov - Galimov. Garipov, who plays for Kazan, is currently the best goalie in the Kontinental League in two main categories. He concedes an average of 1.41 goal per game, and has a 95.2% of saves. His alternate is another great goalie Stanislav Galimov, who is at 93.5 percent saves and 1.82 goals per game in Atlant. Last year the Russian B team hosted the French near Moscow, and won 1-0. Today the venue is Marseilles, and we can expected a motivated and fierce home team. If they managed to put a halt on the strongest Russian forwards at the World Championship, they can surely make life difficult for the lesser members of the B selection.