Russia U18 players trained with those from the Red Machine Junior school

On the first day of the training camp in Novogorsk, the coaches and players of the under 18 Russian national team trained with players representing the Red Machine Junior school.

The event was attended by Russia U18 head coach Igor Efimov, coach of the Russian national teams system Oleg Bratash, goalkeeper Nikolai Nikulshin, defensemen Artyom Karpov, Tikhon Shakalov and Artyom Shchuchinov and forwards Matvei Babenko, Ivan Ryabov, Timur Mukhanov, Yegor Yadykin and Radel Zamaltdinov.

During the master class, the pupils of the Red Machine Junior school and Russia U18 players performed training exercises and held a training game.

Russian Ice Hockey Federation sporting director Daniil Kupriyanov:

– This is a very important event for us. In addition to training, the children had a tour of the Novogorsk training centre and were shown the infrastructure used by the Russian national teams. It's great that both the national team and the Red Machine Junior school are working in accordance with the same system, the Red Machine National Development Program. This forms a great foundation for the future!

Russia U18 head coach Igor Efimov:

- Everyone involved really enjoyed this training session! It was the correct decision by the Federation to stage this event. For their part, players of our team had great fun and passed on plenty of vital advice to the children.