Russian men's student national team for preparation for the 2021 Winter Universiade

The preliminary roster for the Russian men's student national team for the 2021 Winter Universiade has been named:

Goalkeepers: Artur Akhtyamov (Bars), Sergei Mylnikov (Chelmet), Andrei Skovronsky (Spartak).

Defensemen: Dmitry Alexeev, Bogdan Zhilyakov (both Chelmet), Sergei Varlov (Toros), Ivan Vorobyov (Lada), Anatoly Elizarov (Yugra), Kirill Melyakov (AKM), Vladislav Syomin (Metallurg Magnitogorsk), Ivan Sushinsky (Gornyak-UGMK), Mark Yanchevsky (Bars).

Forwards: Ilya Avramenko (Khimik), Maxim Bain (Metallurg Novokuznetsk), Danil Gizatullin (Neftyanik), Kirill Krutov (Bars), Vladislav Lukin, Daniil Skorikov (both Toros), Daniil Ogirchuk (SKA-Neva), Roman Opalev, Pavel Shcherbakov (both Rostov), Ivan Savchik (Yugra), Donat Stalnov (Lada), Radel Fazleev (Neftyanik), Mikhail Shalagin (AKM), Vyacheslav Shevchenko (Metallurg Novokuznetsk), Pavel Shen (Sochi).

Coaching staff:

Head coach: Vladislav Khromykh
Coaches: Denis Baev, Evgeny Stavrovsky
Goalkeeping coach: Vitaly Chumichev
Physical conditioning coach: Alexander Kofanov

The team will train in Novogorsk between November 29 and December 7, before subsequently travelling to Switzerland for the competition a day later.

Group stage schedule:

December 10, 15:30*, Russia - Czech Republic
December 12, 22:30, Switzerland - Russia
December 16, 19:00, Russia - Kazakhstan
December 18, 19:00, South Korea - Russia

The semi-finals will be staged on December 20 and the medal games on December 21.

*All times in accordance with Moscow time