Russia U17 roster to prepare for the Five Nations

On January 23, the under 17 Russian national team began training in Novogorsk, with the Five Nations tournament set to take place between February 5-9.

31 players have been called up to the training camp:

Goalkeepers: Valery Brinkman (SKA-1946), Semyon Vyazovoy (Salavat Yulaev), Yegor Naumov (Lokomotiv).

Defensemen: Mikhail Berezovsky, Nikolai Makarov (both CSKA Moscow), Yaroslav Busygin (Vityaz), Gleb Ivanov, Nikita Novikov (both Dynamo Moscow), Daniil Ivanov (Krylya Sovetov), Denis Kadyrov, Vasily Shumilov (both Salavat Yulaev), Vladislav Lukashevich (Lokomotiv), Nikolai Safronov (Traktor), Daniil Sobolev (Spartak Moscow), Alexander Figurin (Avangard).

Forwards: Mark Andreev, Pavel Dergunov, Nikita Skoropad (all Salavat Yulaev), Nikita Blednov (Sibir), Matvey Vasin, Evgeny Gorfinyak, Prokhor Poltapov (all CSKA Moscow), Vsevolod Gaydamak (Spartak Saint Petersburg), Ilya Ivantsov (SKA), Dmitry Katelevsky, Ivan Mekhovov (both Ak Bars Kazan), Dmitry Lobanov (Traktor), Matvey Petrov (Krylya Sovetov), Fyodor Svechkov (Lada), Nikita Chibrikov (Dynamo Moscow), Danila Yurov (Metallurg Magnitogorsk).

On February 4, the final roster will travel to Ufa, where the final game of the competition will take place a day later against Sweden.

This is the first time when Ufa will host the tournament. Alongside Russia, Finland, Sweden, the Czech Republic and the USA will also be competing.

Match schedule:

February 5

USA - Czech Republic, 17:00
Russia - Sweden, 21:00

February 6

Sweden - USA, 17:00
Russia - Finland, 21:00

February 7

Czech Republic - Sweden, 17:00
USA - Finland, 21:00

February 8

Sweden - Finland, 17:00
Russia - Czech Republic, 21:00

February 9

Czech Republic - Finland, 17:00
Russia - USA, 21:00