The crowd roars as Russian President Vladimir Putin heads to the ice in Sochi.<br/> <br />After the opening fanfare -- a moment of silence for those killed a day earlier in the eastern Ukrainian port city of Mariupol.<br/> <br />The game begins.<br/> <br />It's a Night Hockey League game -- where dignitaries and former athletes face off in a league created by Putin to keep athletes competing past the age of 40.<br/> <br />The crowd couldn't be happier.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Russian) RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN SAYING:<br/> <br />"We don't have winners and losers. It's a friendly game. It's a show and all of us enjoyed it."<br/> <br />Putin later joins teammates for photos as Russia is locked in its gravest confrontation with the West since the Cold War.
