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2019 World Junior Championship. Russia - Slovakia

02.01.2019
In the quarter-finals of the 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship in Canada, the under 20 Russian national team will take on Slovakia.

Yesterday, the players trained in these following lines:

Goalkeepers: Kochetkov, Miftakhov, Tarasov.
Whites: Samorukov, Romanov - Denisenko, Kravtsov, Kostin.
Blues: Alexeev, Olshanskiy - Kovalenko, Shen, Starkov.
Reds: Il. Morozov, Zhuravlyov - Podkolzin, Galimov, Slepets.
Greens: Muranov, Rubinchik - Iv. Morozov, Shashkov, Marchenko.

Russia finished in first place of Group A, defeating Denmark (4:0), the Czech Republic (2:1), Switzerland (7:4) and Canada (2:1) in the process. For their part, the Slovakians were fourth in Group B, losing to the USA 1:2, Sweden 2:5 and Finland 1:5. However, they did manage to score 11 against Kazakhstan, tallying a large 11:2 victory.

The winner of this pairing will play against either the USA or Switzerland in the semi-final phase.

Puck drop is scheduled for 06:30 Moscow time. Match TV will broadcast live in Russia.

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