The line-up for the final WJC group match

We now know our junior national team's line-up for the final 2016 IIHF World Junior Championship group match against Slovakia.

Head coach Valery Bragin has re instated Alexander Georgiev as the starting goaltender, with Ilya Samsonov on the bench. He has also made one defensive change: Sergey Boykov will play with Egor Voronkov, with Alexander Mikulovich partnering Ivan Provorov.

The full Russian line-up:

Goalkeepers: Georgiev (Samsonov).
Rykov - Zhuldikov, Korshkov - Kraskovsky - Polunin.
Mikulovich - Provorov, Svechnikov - Kamenev - Lazarev.
Sergeev - Sharipzyanov, Kaprizov – Svetlakov – Kuzmenko.
Boykov – Voronkov, Lauta – Fazleev – Dergachyov.

The match against Slovakia will begin at 15.00 Moscow time. Match TV will broadcast the game live, and along with being able to watch proceedings unravel on our website, you can keep up to date with events by following our official English Twitter account. 

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