Nikolai Puchkov Tournament. Russia U23 - Ak Bars

The under 23 Russian national team will take on Ak Bars Kazan in the third match of the Nikolai Puchkov Tournament.

In the preceding two games, our players traded a win with a loss, initially defeating Sochi 4:2 before coming up short by a large score of 1:7 against Kunlun Red Star.

For their part, Ak Bars managed to beat Kunlun 1:0 in their tournament opener, however they subsequently dropped a 3:4 shootout loss to hosts SKA on Sunday afternoon.

Here is our squad for the competition:

Goalkeepers: Evgeny Volokhin (Yugra), Yegor Zavragin (Sochi), Denis Popov (AKM).

Defensemen: Yegor Zelenov, Timur Kol, Ivan Remezovsky, Vladislav Sapunov, Yegor Shekhovtsov (all SKA), Semyon Ibragimov (Sochi), Arseniy Koromyslov, Yegor Morozov (both Lada), Stepan Terekhov (Ak Bars), Magomed Sharakanov (Spartak).

Forwards: Artur Brovkin, Denis Komkov, Kirill Krutov (all Ak Bars), Ivan Demidov, Matvei Korotky, Grigory Kuzmin, Ivan Kuzmin, Daniil Lazutin, Grigory Osipov, Vladislav Romanov, Semyon Sinyatkin, Kirill Tankov (all SKA), Alexei Vasilkov, Dmitry Utkin (both Sochi), Gleb Petrov (AKM).

Puck-drop is scheduled for 15:30 Moscow time at the Saint Petersburg.

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