2024 Channel One Cup. Russia - Belarus

The Russian national team will today host Belarus at the SKA Arena in the second match of the Channel One Cup.

In the first round of games, excellent goals from Marat Khairullin, Mikhail Grigorenko, Alexander Yelesin and Ilya Safonov secured a comfortable 4:1 victory against the KHL World Team, with Libor Sulak scoring the opponents' only goal in the concluding minute of play.

For their part, the Belarusians edged past Kazakhstan, coming from behind to win 3:1 with Vitaly Pinchuk - twice - and Vadim Moroz netting during the third period.

Here is our squad for the competition:

Goalkeepers: Ilya Nabokov (Metallurg Magnitogorsk), Artemiy Pleshkov (SKA), Vladislav Podyapolsky (Lada).

Defensemen: Alexander Nikishin, Danila Galenyuk, Nikita Smirnov, Arseniy Koromyslov, Timur Kol (all SKA), Ilya Karpukhin (Traktor), Bogdan Konyushkov (Torpedo), Dmitry Simashev, Alexander Yelesin (both Lokomotiv), Mikhail Gulyayev (Avangard), Magomed Sharakanov (Lada).

Forwards: Evgeny Kuznetsov, Marat Khairullin, Arseniy Gritsyuk, Mikhail Grigorenko, Sergei Plotnikov, Grigory Kuzmin, Vasily Glotov, Nikolai Polyakov, Ivan Demidov (all SKA), Nikita Korostelyov, Danil Aimurzin (both Severstal), Ilya Safonov (Ak Bars), Mikhail Kotlyarevsky (Traktor), Vitaly Abramov, Maxim Sorkin, Prokhor Poltapov, Ruslan Iskhakov (all CSKA), Maxim Dzhioshvili (Dynamo Moscow).

Puck-drop is scheduled for 14:00 local time in Saint Petersburg. Channel One will provide a live television broadcast in Russia and on its official website.