Liga Stavok Sochi Hockey Open. Russia - SKA

The Russian national team will face SKA Saint Petersburg in the concluding match of the 2023 Liga Stavok Sochi Hockey Open.

Russia, Sochi, SKA Saint Petersburg, Admiral Vladivostok and Avangard Omsk are all participating in the tournament.

In the opening two games of the competition, our players suffered 1:2 defeats to both Sochi and Admiral. However, in the third match, the team managed to edge past Avangard 4:3 after an entertaining penalty shootout.

These following players are representing our team:

Goalkeepers: Dmitry Nikolaev, 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), Arseniy Koromyslov (SKA Saint Petersburg).

Forwards: Stanislav Yarovoy (Vityaz Moscow Region), Roman Abrosimov (Severstal Cherepovets), Ilya Chefanov (Metallurg Novokuznetsk), Dmitry Buchelnikov, Matvei Kabush, 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, Dmitry Zavgorodniy (Sochi).

Nikolai Voevodin is working as the team's head coach.

Puck-drop is scheduled for 19:30 Moscow time at the Shayba Arena in Sochi.

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