Friendly match. Belarus U18 - Russia U17

The under 17 Russian national team will today compete in the first of three planned friendly games against Belarus U18 on the road in Minsk.

Here is our squad:

Goalkeepers: Valeri Nikonov (CSKA), Mikhail Povarov (Salavat Yulaev), Vladimir Selivanov (Dynamo Moscow).

Defensemen: Alexander Grunin (Sibir), Pavel Denisov, Alexander Krivko (both Avangard), Ivan Zakharov (Severstal), Alexander Ivanov (Ak Bars), Leonid Ivanov, Vladimir Kostin (both CSKA), Artyom Fomin, Semyon Chuklinov (both Dynamo Moscow), Dmitry Shutyaev (AKM).

Forwards: Semyon Belogurov (Avanagrd), Vyacheslav Biryukov, Andrei Sharov (Severstal), Boris Borin (AKM), Nikita Gromakov (Dynamo Moscow), Evgeny Dubrovtsev (SKA), Artemiy Kulagin (Traktor), Stepan Kuryachenkov (Salavat Yulaev), Nikita Malkov (Lokomotiv), Nikita Ovcharov, Dmitry Savin (both CSKA), Gleb Pugachyov, Sergei Skvortsov (both Torpedo), Maxim Seldemirov, Nikita Silyutin (both SKA Armiya).

Coaching staff:

Head coach: Pavel Kanarsky.

Coaches: Dmitry Mikhailov, Igor Shchadilov.

Goalkeeping coach: Roman Prokopenko.

Development coach: Valeri Novikov.

Puck-drop is scheduled for 13:00 Moscow time.