The Russian president teamed up with a number of former NHL players in Sochi on Saturday for a friendly hockey game. Not only did his team wind up winning with ease, 18-6, Putin single-handedly outscored the opposition by slapping in eight goals.

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It helps that Pavel Bure and Valeri Kamensky were his teammates, sure, but cut the 62-year-old some slack.