Russian women's national team squad for friendly matches in North America

Under the leadership of head coach Alexei Chistyakova, players of the senior Russian women's national team have started training ahead of the upcoming series of friendly matches against NWHL club the Buffalo Beauts in North America (November 29 - December 5).

These following players have started training in Novogorsk:

Goalkeepers: Nadezhda Morozova (Biryusa Krasnoyarsk), Anna Prugova (Agidel Ufa).

Defenders: Maria Batalova, Anna Shibanova (both Agidel Ufa), Ekaterina Nikolaeva, Anastasia Chistyakova (both Dynamo Saint Petersburg), Nina Pirogova (Tornado Dmitrov), Liana Ganeeva (SK Gorniy).

Forwards: Olga Sosina (Agidel Ufa), Elena Dergachyova, Galina Skiba, Alyona Starovoytova, Anna Shokhina, Alevtina Shtaryova (all Tornado Dmitrov), Alexandra Vafina, Viktoriya Kulishova (both SKIF Nizhny Novgorod), Evgeniya Dyupina, Ekaterina Smolina (both Dynamo Saint Petersburg), Anna Timofeeva (Biryusa Krasnoyarsk), Fanuza Kadyrova (SK Gorniy).

Maria Sorokina and Darya Teryoshkina will join the team in North America.

Match schedule against the Buffalo Beauts:

30.11, 00:30*;
02.12, 02:30;
03:12, time yet to be confirmed;
05.12, 00:15.

*All Moscow time