2021 World U18 Championship. Russia - USA

At 04:00 Moscow time, on April 28, the under 18 Russian national team will compete against tournaments hosts the USA in the first match of the 2021 IIHF World U18 Championship.

In a friendly game ahead of the competition, Russia did manage to beat Belarus 3:2 in a penalty shootout, recovering from a two-goal deficit with excellent markers from forwards Matvei Michkov and Nikita Chibrikov. Matvei Petrov and Dmitry Katelevsky hit the jackpot in the ensuing shootout, while goalkeeper Sergei Ivanov stopped all of the Belarusians' penalty shots.

These following players were included in the final roster:

Goalkeepers: Valeri Brinkman, Kirill Gerasimyuk, Sergei Ivanov (all SKA).

Defensemen: Alexander Figurin (Avangard), Arseniy Koromyslov (SKA), Vladimir Grudinin, Artyom Duda, Nikolai Makarov (all CSKA), Gleb Ivanov, Nikita Novikov, Vladislav Sapunov (all Dynamo Moscow).

Forwards: Dmitry Buchelnikov, Ilya Ivantsov, Daniil Lazutin, Matvei Michkov, Nikita Chibrikov (all SKA), Vsevolod Gaidamak, Ivan Miroshnichenko (both Avangard), Dmitry Katelevsky, Ivan Mekhovov (both Ak Bars), Ilya Kvochko, Danila Yurov (both Metallurg Magnitogorsk), Matvei Petrov (Krylya Sovetov), Prokhor Poltapov (CSKA), Fyodor Svechkov (Lada).

Match TV will provide a live television broadcast in Russia.