Russia 25 squad for the Channel One Cup

We can now reveal the Russia 25 squad for the upcoming Channel One Cup.

These following players have been picked:

Goalkeepers: Daniil Isayev (Lokomotiv), Artemiy Pleshkov, Nikita Serebryakov (both SKA).

Defensemen: Timofei Davydov (Severstal), Nikita Evseev, Nikita Lyamkin (both Ak Bars), Alexander Yelesin (Lokomotiv), Artyom Zemchyonok, Alexander Nikishin, Artyom Sergeev, Maxim Fedotov (all SKA), Ilya Karpukhin, Sergei Telegin (both Traktor), Bogdan Konyushkov (Torpedo), Nikita Smirnov (Dinamo Minsk).

Forwards: Vasily Atanasov, Nikolai Kovalenko (both Torpedo), Zakhar Bardakov, Mikhail Vorobyov, Vasily Glotov, Arseniy Gritsyuk, Valentin Zykov, Nikolai Polyakov, Sergei Tolchinsky, Marat Khairullin, Andrei Chivilyov (all SKA), Nikolai Goldobin, Pavel Poryadin (both Spartak), Maxim Dzhioshvili (Dynamo Moscow), Nikita Dynyak, Ilya Safonov (both Ak Bars), Nikita Korostelyov (Severstal), Prokhor Poltapov, Maxim Sorkin (both CSKA), Maxim Shabanov (Traktor).

Coaching staff:

Head coach: Roman Rotenberg.

Coaches: Sergei Zubov, Konstantin Shafranov, Albert Leshchyov, Evgeny Koreshkov, Alexei Babintsev, Evgeny Ketov.

Goalkeeping coach: Yury Klyuchnikov.

Physical conditioning coaches: Alexander Troshin, Artyom Nekhoroshikh.

Consultant coach: Vladimir Yurzinov.

The competition will take place at the Ice Palace in Saint Petersburg between Russia 25, Belarus, Kazakhstan and the VHL Stars. Tickets sales are continuing over on kassir.ru!

Tournament schedule:

December 14th

Belarus - Kazakhstan, 14:00*
Russia - Stars and VHL, 18:30

December 15th

3-on-3 competition

December 16th

Kazakhstan - Stars and VHL, 11:00
Russia - Belarus, 15:00

December 17th

Belarus - Stars and VHL, 11:00
Russia - Kazakhstan, 15:00

*All times in accordance with Moscow time