Russia U23 squad for the Sochi Hockey Open

The Russian Ice Hockey Federation can now reveal the Russia U23 squad for the upcoming Liga Stavok Sochi Hockey Open, which will take place between the 3rd and 8th of August.

Goalkeepers: Sergei Ivanov, Artemiy Pleshkov (both SKA Saint Petersburg), Nikita Podlyagin (Avangard Omsk).

Defensemen: Nikita Smirnov (Dinamo Minsk), Nikita Evseev, Vsevolod Almetkin (both Ak Bars Kazan), Vladimir Grudinin, Artyom Barabosha (both CSKA Moscow), Daniil Ivanov (Spartak Moscow), Roman Yuzbashyan (Sochi), Mikhail Gulyaev (Avangard Omsk), Artyom Pronichkin (Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod), Nikita Baklashev (Dynamo Moscow).

Forwards: Stanislav Yarovoy (Vityaz Moscow Region), Roman Abrosimov (Severstal Cherepovets), Ilya Chefanov (Metallurg Novokuznetsk), Dmitry Buchelnikov, Matvei Kabush, Ivan Demidov, Semyon Demidov, Grigory Kuzmin, Semyon Sinyatkin, Daniil Lazutin (all SKA), Andrei Nikonov, Nikita Buruyanov (both Dynamo Moscow), Dmitry Katelevsky (Ak Bars Kazan), Maxim Velikov (CSKA Moscow), Danila Klimov (Sochi).

Coaching staff:

Head coach: Nikolai Voevodin.

Coaches: Alexander Titov, German Titov.

Goalkeeping coach: Alexei Davydov.

Physical conditioning coach: Alexander Kofanov.

Tournament schedule for Russia U23:

August 3

Sochi - Russia U23 (19:30)*

August 5

Russia U23 - Admiral Vladivostok (12:00)

August 7

Avangard Omsk - Russia U23 (14:30)

August 9

Russia U23 - SKA Saint Petersburg (19:30)

*All times in accordance with Moscow time