President's Sporting Club Cup. Day one

The 2024 President's Sporting Club Cup is starting today in Minsk, Belarus.

These following players prepared for the competition with the under 16 Russian national team in Novogorsk:

Goalkeepers: Yakov Kazantsev (Lokomotiv), Kirill Zhernosekov (Avangard), Andrei Nikolaev (Spartak).

Defensemen: Daniya Aybatov, Sabit Khatibullin (both Ak Bars), Fyodor Andreev, Ivan Rossinsky, Vladimir Shtyrkhunov (all CSKA), Illarion Babkin, Artyom Mate (both Spartak), Vladimir Mozzhukhin (Avangard), Kirill Petukhov, Timofei Ukhov (both Lokomotiv).

Forwards: Mikhail Bulgakov (Lokomotiv), Bogdan Vasilevsky, Yaroslav Tkachyov, Yegor Trofimchuk (all Avangard), Daniil Ermolov, Nazar Privalov, Dmitry Savin, Bogdan Yakushevsky (all CSKA), Ivan Kovalenko (Loko-04), Roman Kozhevnikov (Traktor), Daniil Savin, Evgeny Yakunin (both Spartak), Sergei Skvortsov (Torpedo), Artyom Stryukov (SKA Armiya), Ruslan Umerov (Lada).

Belarus U17, Belarus U18 and Kazakhstan U18 are also participating in the competition.

Furthermore, the senior Russian women's national side will compete in two friendly matches against Minsk U17.

Today, the games will begin with Russia W facing Minsk U17 at 13:00 local time, before Russia U16 subsequently take on Kazakhstan U18 at 16:00.

Broadcasts will be available on the official VKontakte page of the Russian Ice Hockey Federation.