Russian Olympic team roster to play at the NaturEnergie Challenge

The management group has named the Russian Olympic national team roster to play at the NaturEnergie Challenge in Switzerland:

Goalkeepers: Ilya Konovalov (Lokomotiv), Ivan Bocharov (Dynamo Moscow), Ivan Fedotov (Traktor).

Defensemen: Nikolai Demidov, Andrei Ermakov (both Sibir), Ziyat Paygin, Damir Sharipzyanov (both Neftekhimik), Yegor Voronkov (Vityaz), Grigory Dronov (Metallurg Magnitogorsk), Ilya Karpukhin (Traktor), Vadim Kudako (Severstal).

Forwards: Artur Kayumov, Nikolai Kovalenko, Pavel Kudryatsev (all Lokomotiv), Vladimir Bryukvin, Ivan Igumnov (both Dynamo Moscow), Vladislav Kodola, Bogdan Yakimov (both Severstal), Andrei Altybarmakyan (HC Sochi), Alexei Byvaltsev (Vityaz), Artyom Galimov (Ak Bars), Alexander Dergachyov (SKA), Sergei Tolchinsky (CSKA), Maxim Tsyplakov (Spartak).

Head coach: Oleg Bratash
Coaches: Konstantin Gorovikov, Vladimir Filatov
Goalkeeping coach: Alexander Kolobkov

The competition will take place between December 12-13 in Switzerland. Russia, Switzerland, Slovakia and Norway are participating.

The first game for the Russian Olympic team will take place against the Slovakians at 18:15 Moscow time on December 12.