The Russian Olympic team roster for the Euro Hockey Challenge matches

The Russian Olympic team, made up of the country's reserves, will compete in two Euro Hockey Tour matches against Germany in Sochi on the 6th and 7th of April.

These following players have been called up:

Goalkeepers: Alexander Sudnitsin (Lokomotiv), Ivan Bocharov (Dynamo Moscow), Alexander Trushkov (Spartak Moscow).

Defensemen: Nikita Tryamkin (Avtomobilist), Alexander Elesin (Lokomotiv), Alexei Bereglazov (Metallurg Magnitogorsk), Maxim Mineev (Avangard), Evgeny Kulik, Vladislav Provolnev (both Spartak Moscow), Nikolai Demidov, Ivan Vereshchagin (Sibir Novosibirsk).

Forwards: Dmitry Kagarlitsky (Severstal Cherepovets), Pavel Kraskovsky, Yegor Korshkov, Artyom Ilenko (all Lokomotiv), Semyon Koshelev, Kirill Semyonov, Ilya Mikheev (all Avangard), Alexander Khokhlachyov, Alexander Dergachyov, Vyacheslav Leschenko (all Spartak Moscow), Pavel Padakin (HC Sochi), Alexander Byvaltsev (Amur Khabarovsk), Denis Zerov (Lada Togliatti).

In accordance with 2018 World Championship preparations, the Russian Olympic team will gather at the Novogorsk training complex on April 1, fly to Sochi on April 5, and play Euro Hockey Challenge matches against Germany in Sochi on the 6th and 7th of April. Afterwards, the team return to Moscow for training in Novogorsk before flying to Norway for games against the hosts on the 14th and 15th of April.

The coaches are Oleg Bratash and Ilya Vorobyov.

You can purchase tickets for the Euro Hockey Challenge matches against Germany here.

Russian Ice Hockey Federation