A meeting between national team coaches

On July 24, a meeting took place between Russian national team coaches in Novogorsk, with the discussing being held around a round table. Head of the management group Roman Rotenberg, coaches of the senior, Olympic, junior, U18, U17 and U18 teams participated in the meeting alongside specialists working with the women's senior, junior, U18 and U16 teams.

The participants spoke about the development over the course of the upcoming season, plans for the campaign and preparation stages for key competitions. All management groups presented extended squad lists of national team candidates, tactical ideas and plans for the training camps.

Emphasis was put on preparation for the 2022 Olympic Games in China. The participants noted that all players have a chance to compete at the Olympics, so coaches should be focused on the development of young players. Next season, the amount of training camps will be increased, including those which are for individual positions.

Physical training coaches presented their plans for major competitions and spoke about the importance of different approaches for various age ranges. There was also an extra meeting between goalkeeping coaches who made a number of changes for the training process.

Head coach of the senior national team Alexei Kudashov and his assistant Anvar Gatiyatulin completed the meeting. They noted that all training plans are in accordance with the united program for Russian Ice Hockey Federation national teams.

All coaching set-ups for Russian national teams in the 2019/2020 season:

Senior national team

Head coach - Alexei Kudashov
Coach - Anvar Gatiyatulin
Coach - Alexei Zhamnov
Goalkeeping coach - Rashit Davydov
Physical training coach - Yury Zhdanov
Physical training coach - Alexander Troshin
Methodist coach - Lars Johansson
Development coach - Daniel Bochner (development coach for all RIHF national teams)

Olympic national team

Head coach - Oleg Bratash
Coach - Alexander Savchenkov
Coach - Konstantin Gorovikov
Goalkeeping coach - Nikolai Khabibulin (goalkeeping development coach for all RIHF national teams)

U20 national team

Head coach - Valery Bragin
Coach - Yury Babenko
Coach - Alexander Boykov
Goalkeeping coach - Vladimir Kulikov
Physical training coach - Filipp Arzamazov

U18 national team

Head coach - Sergei Golubovich
Coach - Dmitry Kokorev
Coach - Vladimir Potapov
Goalkeeping coach - Alexei Davydov
Physical training coach - Alexander Kofanov
Methodist coach - Vladimir Popov

U17 national team

Head coach - Andrei Kozyrev
Coach - Evgeny Stavrovsky
Coach - Denis Gusmanov
Goalkeeping coach - Vitaly Chumichev
Physical training coach - Artyom Nekhoroshikh (also physical training coach for the U16 team and the women's senior, Olympic, junior and U16 national teams)

U16 national team

Head coach - Vladimir Filatov
Coach - Alexei Babintsev
Coach - Andrei Mironov
Coach - Vladimir Kramskoy
Goalkeeping coach - Alexander Komissarov

Women's senior national team

Head coach - Evgeny Bobariko
Coach - Denis Afinogenov
Goalkeeping coach - Sergei Mylnikov

Olympic women's national team

Head coach - Denis Afinogenov
Coach - Alexander Syrtsov
Goalkeeping coach - Oleg Lavretsky

Women's U20 national team

Head coach - Alexander Syrtsov
Coach - Evgeny Shcherbakov
Goalkeeping coach - Oleg Lavretsky

Women's U16 national team

Head coach - Alexander Syrtsov
Coach - Evgeny Shcherbakov
Goalkeeping coach - Oleg Lavretsky