Roster for the 2019 Channel One Cup

The management group of the senior Russian national team has revealed the roster for the upcoming 2019 Channel One Cup, a tournament which is the second stage of the Euro Hockey Tour.

These following players have been called up:

Goalkeepers: Ilya Sorokin (CSKA Moscow), Alexander Samonov (SKA Saint Petersburg), Timur Bilyalov (Ak Bars Kazan).

Defensemen: Nikita Nesterov (CSKA Moscow), Vyacheslav Voynov (Avangard Omsk), Rushan Rafikov (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl), Artyom Zub, Igor Ozhiganov (both SKA Saint Petersburg), Andrei Pedan, Albert Yarullin, Nikita Lyamkin (all Ak Bars Kazan), Andrei Mironov (Dynamo Moscow).

Forwards: Mikhail Grigorenko, Kirill Kaprizov, Anton Slepyshev, Sergei Andronov, Pavel Karnaukhov (all CSKA Moscow), Andrei Kuzmenko, Anton Burdasov, Vladimir Tkachyov, Evgeny Ketov, Alexander Barabanov (all SKA Saint Petersburg), Vadim Shipachyov (Dynamo Moscow), Vladimir Tkachyov (Ak Bars Kazan), Kirill Semyonov (Avangard Omsk), Damir Zhafyarov (Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod), Nikita Soshnikov (Salavat Yulaev Ufa).

Management group:

General Manager - Roman Rotenberg; head coach - Alexei Kudashov; senior coach - Alexei Zhamnov; coaches - Anvar Gatiyatulin, Alexander Savchenkov; goalkeeping coach - Rashit Davydov; physical training coach - Alexander Troshin.

2019 Channel One Cup schedule:

December 12 (Thursday)

20:00, Sweden - Russia
20:30, Finland - Czech Republic (Game will take place in Plzen, Czech Republic)

December 14 (Saturday)

11:00, Finland - Sweden
15:00, Russia - Czech Republic

December 15 (Sunday)

14:00, Czech Republic - Sweden
16:00, Russia - Finland (Game at the football stadium in Saint Petersburg)

All games, except for the Finland - Czech Republic and Russia - Finland match-ups, will take place at the Legends Park in Moscow located at this following address: Avtozavodskaya Ulitsa, 23A. The start times of matches are in accordance with Moscow time.