Euro Hockey Challenge. Russian Olympic team - Germany

In Sochi, the Russian Olympic team will compete in the first Euro Hockey Challenge match against Germany.

These following players have been called up:

Goalkeepers: Alexander Sudnitsin (Lokomotiv), Ivan Bocharov (Dynamo Moscow), Alexander Trushkov (Spartak Moscow).

Defensemen: Nikita Tryamkin (Avtomobilist), Alexander Elesin (Lokomotiv), Alexei Bereglazov (Metallurg Magnitogorsk), Maxim Mineev (Avangard), Evgeny Kulik, Vladislav Provolnev (both Spartak Moscow), Nikolai Demidov, Ivan Vereshchagin (Sibir Novosibirsk).

Forwards: Dmitry Kagarlitsky (Severstal Cherepovets), Pavel Kraskovsky, Yegor Korshkov, Artyom Ilenko (all Lokomotiv), Semyon Koshelev, Kirill Semyonov, Ilya Mikheev (all Avangard), Alexander Khokhlachyov, Alexander Dergachyov, Vyacheslav Leschenko (all Spartak Moscow), Pavel Padakin (HC Sochi), Alexander Byvaltsev (Amur Khabarovsk), Denis Zerov (Lada Togliatti).

The coaches are Oleg Bratash and Ilya Vorobyov.

Since 2011, the Euro Hockey Challenge has been running as preparation tournament for the upcoming World Championship. This year, the 2018 IIHF World Championship will take place in Denmark between the 4th and 20th of May.

Puck drop against Germany is scheduled for 19:30 Moscow time. Match-Arena will broadcast in Russia.

Russian Ice Hockey Federation