[1] The first series held in 2003 as the RE/MAX Canada–Russia Challenge, and was envisioned as tune-up for the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
The event has had several corporate sponsors and names including, the ADT Canada–Russia Challenge from 2004 until 2008, and the Subway Super Series from 2009 until 2014.
Ryan Getzlaf and Dion Phaneuf both scored two goals and two assists for the WHL.
The CHL won all six games, outscoring Russia by 20 goals, and swept the series for the second year in a row.
The CHL won three games in regulation, and the fourth win came in a shootout.
Mikhail Milekhin scored 4 times for Russia, while Anton Korolev led the team with 6 points.
Eight different players led the event with 4 points: Cody Hodgson, John Tavares, Jordan Eberle and Thomas Hickey for the CHL; and Pavel Chernov, Nikita Klyukin, Evgenii Dadonov and Anatoli Nikontsev for Russia.
Kirill Petrov led Russia with 5 points, while Maxim Kitsyn scored 4 goals.
Russia won the 2012 series with three regulation wins, and a point from a shootout loss.
Charles Hudon and Jonathan Drouin were the top scoring Canadians, with four points each.
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce became the corporate title sponsor of the CHL Canada/Russia series.
[2] CHL teams won the series with 3 regulation wins, and an overtime loss.
Russia won the 2018 series 11 points to 7, after a come-from-behind overtime win in game six.
Stepan Starkov led Russia in scoring with 6 points, and goaltender Pyotr Kochetkov won three games, allowing only two goals against.
[108][109] The 2022 Canada/Russia Series was cancelled in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.