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Preliminary Russian national team squad for the Channel One Cup
15.10.2025
The Russian Ice Hockey Federation can now reveal the preliminary squad of the Russian national team for the Channel One Cup, which will take place in Novosibirsk between the 11th and 14th of December.
The city's Sibir Arena will host the competition.
These following players have made the preliminary squad:
Goalkeepers: Vladimir Galkin (Avtomobilist), Daniil Isayev (Lokomotiv), Andrei Mishurov, Nikita Serebryakov (both Avangard), Maxim Motorygin, Vladislav Podyapolsky (both Dynamo Moscow), Ilya Nabokov (Metallurg Magnitogorsk), Pavel Khomchenko (Sochi).
Defensemen: Yegor Alanov, Timur Akhiyarov (both Sibir), Yaroslav Busygin, Dmitry Yudin (both Avtomobilist), Mikhail Gulyayev, Semyon Chistyakov, Damir Sharipzyanov (all Avangard), Grigory Dronov, Sergei Telegin (both Traktor), Alexander Yelesin (Lokomotiv), Ilya Karpukhin (Ak Bars), Bogdan Konyushkov, Anton Silayev (both Torpedo), Nikita Nesterov, Dmitry Samorukov (both CSKA), Daniil Pylenkov (Dynamo Moscow), Daniil Orlov (Spartak), Artyom Serikov (Neftekhimik).
Forwards: Vitaly Abramov, Dmitry Buchelnikov, Nikolai Kovalenko, Prokhor Poltapov, Maxim Sorkin (all CSKA), Danil Aimurzin (Severstal), Vladimir Butuzov (Sibir), Mikhail Vorobyov, Valentin Zykov, Matvei Korotky, Marat Khairullin (all SKA), Anatoly Golyshev (Avtomobilist), Sergei Goncharuk (Torpedo), Mikhail Grigorenko (Traktor), Nikita Gusev, Maxim Dzhioshvili, Artyom Ilyenko (all Dynamo Moscow), Georgy Ivanov, Artur Kayumov, Alexander Radulov, Yegor Surin (all Lokomotiv), Roman Kantserov, Dmitry Silantyev (both Metallurg Magnitogorsk), Konstantin Okulov (Avangard), Pavel Poryadin (Spartak), Ilya Safonov (Ak Bars), Artur Tyanulin (Sochi).
15 KHL clubs are represented. The team's average age stands at 26.
Roman Rotenberg is the head coach of the team.
The full coaching line-up will be revealed at a later date.
Tournament schedule:
11 December
3x3 competition
12 December
Belarus - Kazakhstan
13 December
Russia - Belarus
14 December
Russia - Kazakhstan
The city's Sibir Arena will host the competition.
These following players have made the preliminary squad:
Goalkeepers: Vladimir Galkin (Avtomobilist), Daniil Isayev (Lokomotiv), Andrei Mishurov, Nikita Serebryakov (both Avangard), Maxim Motorygin, Vladislav Podyapolsky (both Dynamo Moscow), Ilya Nabokov (Metallurg Magnitogorsk), Pavel Khomchenko (Sochi).
Defensemen: Yegor Alanov, Timur Akhiyarov (both Sibir), Yaroslav Busygin, Dmitry Yudin (both Avtomobilist), Mikhail Gulyayev, Semyon Chistyakov, Damir Sharipzyanov (all Avangard), Grigory Dronov, Sergei Telegin (both Traktor), Alexander Yelesin (Lokomotiv), Ilya Karpukhin (Ak Bars), Bogdan Konyushkov, Anton Silayev (both Torpedo), Nikita Nesterov, Dmitry Samorukov (both CSKA), Daniil Pylenkov (Dynamo Moscow), Daniil Orlov (Spartak), Artyom Serikov (Neftekhimik).
Forwards: Vitaly Abramov, Dmitry Buchelnikov, Nikolai Kovalenko, Prokhor Poltapov, Maxim Sorkin (all CSKA), Danil Aimurzin (Severstal), Vladimir Butuzov (Sibir), Mikhail Vorobyov, Valentin Zykov, Matvei Korotky, Marat Khairullin (all SKA), Anatoly Golyshev (Avtomobilist), Sergei Goncharuk (Torpedo), Mikhail Grigorenko (Traktor), Nikita Gusev, Maxim Dzhioshvili, Artyom Ilyenko (all Dynamo Moscow), Georgy Ivanov, Artur Kayumov, Alexander Radulov, Yegor Surin (all Lokomotiv), Roman Kantserov, Dmitry Silantyev (both Metallurg Magnitogorsk), Konstantin Okulov (Avangard), Pavel Poryadin (Spartak), Ilya Safonov (Ak Bars), Artur Tyanulin (Sochi).
15 KHL clubs are represented. The team's average age stands at 26.
Roman Rotenberg is the head coach of the team.
The full coaching line-up will be revealed at a later date.
Tournament schedule:
11 December
3x3 competition
12 December
Belarus - Kazakhstan
13 December
Russia - Belarus
14 December
Russia - Kazakhstan
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