Channel One Cup. Kazakhstan - Stars and VHL

Saturday's maiden match at the Channel One Cup will see the senior Kazakh national team face the Stars and VHL.

In the opening round of games, Kazakhstan lost 2:6 to Belarus, while the Stars and VHL were defeated 2:5 by Russia 25.

These following players are in the Stars and VHL squad:

Goalkeepers: Sergei Murashov (Lokomotiv), Yegor Nazarov (Rubin), Nikita Podlyagin (Avangard).

Defensemen: Vsevolod Almetkin (Bars), Artyom Barabosha (Zvezda), Gleb Bulychyov (Lada), Ivan Vydrenkov, Yegor Zelenov, Arseniy Koromyslov (all SKA), Yury Zhuravlyov (Avtomobilist), Raul Akmaldinov (Molot).

Forwards: Ilya Avramenko, Igor Shvyryov (both Yugra), Dmitry Buchelnikov (Admiral), Arseniy Gritsyuk, Matvei Kabush, Grigory Kuzmin, Kirill Tankov, Ilya Fedotov (all SKA), Matvei Zaseda (Khimik), Yegor Manin (Molot), Vladimir Mikhalyov (Sibir), Andrei Nikonov (Dynamo Moscow), Gleb Petrov (Mikhailov Academy), Yegor Stepanov (Severstal), Marat Khusnutdinov (Sochi).

Puck-drop is scheduled for 11:00 local time in Saint Petersburg. A live broadcast is available in Russia on the official website of Channel One.