2018 World Championship. Russia U18 - France U18

In Chelyabinsk, the under 18 Russian national team will play France in the opening 2018 U18 World Championship match.

This is the Russia U18 roster for the competition:

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

Defensemen: Anton Malyshev, Daniil Misyul (both Loko Yaroslavl), Daniil Zhuravlyov (Irbis Kazan), Alexander Romanov (Krasnaya Armiya Moscow), Danila Galenyuk (SKA-Neva Saint Petersburg), Bogdan Zhilyakov (Dynamo Saint Petersburg), Nikita Okhotyuk (Ottawa-67), Yegor Zamula (Calgary Hitmen).

Forwards: Ruslan Iskhakov, Maxim Sorkin (both Krasnaya Armiya Moscow), Alexander Zhabreev, Roman Rotenberg (both Dynamo Saint Petersburg), Kirill Marchenko, Ivan Morozov (Mamonty Yugry), Pavel Dorofeev, Yegor Spiridonov (both Stalnie Lisy Magnitogorsk), Vladislav Mikhaylov (Dynamo Moscow), Semyon Kizimov (Ladya Tolyatti), Vasily Podkolzin (Vityaz Podolsk), Dmitry Zavgorodniy (Rimouski Oceanic).

After a team vote, Anton Malyshev was chosen as captain, with Danila Galenyuk and Daniil Zhuravlyov his assistants.

Later on, the team trained in these following lines:

Miftakhov, D. Isaev, M. Isaev;

Galenyuk, Zhuravlyov - Marchenko, Morozov, Iskahkov;

Malyshev, Misyul - Zavgorodniy, Sorkin, Rotenberg;

Okhotyuk, Romanov - Kizimov, Zhabreev, Dorofeev;

Zhilyakov, Zamula - Spiridonov, Mikhaylov, Podkolzin.

In friendly matches in Novogorsk, Russia U18 defeated Atlanty 4:1 and Dynamo Moscow 8:3. Following the flight to Chelyabinsk, our players managed to earn exhibition game wins over Belarus 3:0 and Sweden 4:1.

Puck drop is scheduled for 17:30 Moscow time. Match-TV, Match-Igra and OTV will broadcast live in Russia.

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