The preliminary Russia U18 roster for World Championship preparations

On March 25, the under 18 Russian national team started training in Novogorsk ahead of the upcoming 2018 World Championship which will take place in Chelyabinsk and Magnitogorsk.

Head coach Alexander Zybin called up three goaltenders, 10 defensemen and 15 forwarda:

Goalkeepers: Amir Miftakhov (Irbis Kazan), Daniil Isaev (Loko Yaroslavl), Mikhail Isaev (Ladya Tolyatti). 

Defensemen: Anton Malyshev, Daniil Misyul (both Loko Yaroslavl), Daniil Zhuravlyov, Artemiy Kyazev (both Irbis Kazan), Alexander Romanov (Krasnaya Armiya Moscow), Danila Galenyuk (SKA-Neva Saint Petersburg), Bogdan Zhilyakov (Dynamo Saint Petersburg), Daniil Valitov (Avto Yekaterinburg), Nikita Zorkin (Mamonty Yugry Khanty-Mansiysk), Yegor Zamula (Calgary Hitmen).

Forwards: Ruslan Iskhakov, Nikita Rtischev, Maxim Sorkin (all Krasnaya Armiya Moscow), Alexander Zhabreev, Pavel Rotenberg (both Dynamo Saint Petersburg), Vladislav Mikhaylov, Oleg Zaitsev (both Dynamo Moscow), Kirill Marchenko, Ivan Morozov (both Mamonty Yugry Khanty-Mansiysk), Nikita Rozhkov, Pavel Dorofeev (Stalnie Lisy Magnitogorsk), Grigory Denisenko (Loko Yaroslavl), Semyon Kizimov (Ladya Tolyatti), Yegor Kravchenko (Spartak Moscow), Vasily Podkolzin (Vityaz Podolsk).

Defenseman Nikita Okhotyuk (Ottawa-67) and forwards Dmitry Zavgorodniy (Rimouski Oceanic), Andrei Svechnikov (Barrie Colts) and Alexander Khovanov (Moncton Wildcats) will join the team during the training camp.

Two friendly matches in Novogorsk against Atlanty Mytischi (April 8) and Dynamo Moscow (April 10) are scheduled. After travelling to Chelyabinsk on April, the players will take on Belarus (April 14) and Sweden (April 16) in further exhibition games. 

The U18 World Championship will start on April 19.

Russian Ice Hockey Federation