Russian national team roster for the Karjala Cup

The coaches of the senior Russian national team have picked the list of players for the upcoming Karjala Cup in the Euro Hockey Tour:

Goalkeepers: Igor Shestyorkin (SKA Saint Petersburg), Ilya Sorokin (CSKA Moscow), Ilya Konovalov (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl).

Defensemen: Nikita Nesterov, Artyom Blazhievsky (both CSKA Moscow), Artyom Zub (SKA Saint Petersburg), Denis Barantsev (Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod), Nikita Tryamkin, Andrei Vasilevskiy (both Avtomobilist), Viktor Antipin (Metallurg Magnitogorsk), Alexander Elesin (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl), Andrei Pedan (Ak Bars Kazan).

Forwards: Mikhail Grigorenko, Kirill Kaprizov, Ivan Telegin, Maxim Shalunov (all CSKA Moscow), Andrei Loktionov (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl), Andrei Kuzmenko, Alexei Byvaltsev, Alexander Barabanov, Alexander Dergachyov, Evgeny Ketov (all SKA Saint Petersburg), Anatoly Golyshev (Avtomobilist), Denis Zernov, Ilya Mikheev (both Avangard Omsk), Alexander Kadeikin, Pyotr Khokhryakov (both Salavat Yulaev Ufa).

The average age of this team is 24.5 years. Head of the management group Roman Rotenberg, head coach Ilya Vorobyov, senior coach Alexei Zhamnov, coach Anvar Gatiyatulin, goalkeeping coach Rashit Davydov will travel with the team alongside the entire analytical staff. Coaches Alexei Kudashov and Igor Nikitin will stay with their respective clubs.

The Karjala Cup will take place between November 8-11 in Helsinki, Finland.

Match schedule:

November 8

Finland - Russia, 19:30

November 10

Sweden - Russia, 14:00

November 11

Czech Republic - Russia, 14:30

*All Russian time