25 players for the World Junior Championship

The Russian junior national team management group has reduced the number of candidates to play at the 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship down to these following 25 players:

Goalkeepers: Pyotr Kochetkov (Ryazan), Amir Miftakhov (Bars), Daniil Tarasov (Toros).

Defensemen: Alexander Alexeev (Red Deer), Daniil Zhuravlyov (Bars), Evgeny Kalabushkin (SKA-Neva), Ilya Morozov (Sibir), Saveliy Olshanskiy (Zauralye), Alexander Romanov (CSKA Moscow), Mark Rubinchik (Toros), Dmitry Samorukov (Guelph).

Forwards: Artyom Galimov (Bars), Grigory Denisenko, Nikolai Kovalenko, Kirill Slepets (all Lokomotiv), Vitaly Kravtsov (Traktor), Kirill Marchenko, Ivan Morozov, Vasily Podkolzin (all SKA-Neva), Ivan Muranov (Dynamo Moscow), Klim Kostin (San Antonio), Stepan Starkov (HC Sochi), Alexander Khovanov (Moncton), Nikita Shashkov (Sibir), Pavel Shen (Salavat Yulaev).

Defensemen Daniil Valitov and Artyom Volkov, alongside injured forwards Artyom Nikolaev and Ivan Chekhovich, have left the camp. Forward Alexander Yaremchuk has also departed the team.

According to IIHF regulations, 23 players (three goaltenders, 20 skaters) can be included in the final squad for the 2019 World Junior Championship. A minimum of 17 players (two goaltenders, 15 skaters) must be put in the roster ahead of the competition's start. Teams can add players to their respective squads as the tournament progresses.

Russia U20 head coach Valery Bragin:

- There is plenty of competition this year, so it was tough to pick the squad. After carefully analysing each tournament played during the season, we decided to pick these particular players. Yes, injuries affected some players, but we are still capable of playing for the highest honours. We have data concerning all of our opponents at the World Junior Championship. The Super Series in November is very important for the players to gain international experience and we won that series for the first time since 2014.