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Preliminary U18 national team roster for World Championship preparation

17.03.2021
The Russian national team management group has named the preliminary roster of the under 18 national team, which will participate in a training camp ahead of the upcoming 2021 IIHF World U18 Championship.

The competition will take place in the USA between April 26 and May 6.

These following 32 players have been called up to the team:

Goalkeepers: Valeri Brinkman, Kirill Gerasimyuk, Sergei Ivanov (all SKA Saint Petersburg), Semyon Vyazovoi (Tolpar Ufa).

Defensemen: Artyom Kulakov, Alexander Figurin (both Avangard Omsk), Arseniy Koromyslov (SKA Saint Petersburg), Vladimir Grudinin, Artyom Duda, Nikolai Makarov (all CSKA Moscow), Vladislav Lukashevich (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl), Gleb Ivanov, Nikita Novikov, Vladislav Sapunov (all Dynamo Moscow), Igor Safonov (Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk), Vasily Shumilov (Tolpar Ufa).

Forwards: Dmitry Buchelnikov, Ilya Ivantsov, Daniil Lazutin, Matvei Michkov, Nikita Chibrikov (all SKA Saint Petersburg), Vsevolod Gaidamak, Ivan Miroshnichenko (both Avangard Omsk), Danil Grigoryev, Dmitry Katelevsky, Ivan Mekhovov (all Ak Bars Kazan), Ilya Kvochko, Danila Yurov (both Metallurg Magnitogorsk), Viktor Neuchev (Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg), Matvei Petrov (Krylya Sovetov Moscow), Prokhor Poltapov (CSKA Moscow), Fyodor Svechkov (Lada Tolyatti).

Coaching staff:

Head coach: Albert Leshchev
Coaches: Vladimir Filatov, Evgeny Stavrovsky
Goalkeeping coach: Andrei Komissarov
Physical training coach: Kevin Chapman

On March 26, the team will gather in Novogorsk, where the team will adhere to all medical protocols before starting the training process. The players will train both on and off the ice.

The team will subsequently travel to America on April 18.

Group-stage schedule for Russia:

April 27, 04:00*, Russia - USA
April 28, 00:00, Finland - Russia
April 30, 00:00, Germany - Russia
May 2, 00:00, Russia - Czech Republic

*All times in accordance with Moscow time

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