The preliminary Russian national team roster for the Channel One Cup

The Russian Ice Hockey Federation can reveal the preliminary roster for the Euro Hockey Tour Channel One Cup:

Goalkeepers: Ilya Sorokin (CSKA Moscow), Igor Shestyorkin (SKA Saint Petersburg), Igor Bobkov (Admiral Vladivostok).

Defensemen: Igor Ozhiganov, Bogdan Kiselevich (both CSKA Moscow), Ilya Lyubushkin, Vladislav Gavrikov, Rushan Rafikov (all Lokomotiv Yaroslavl), Viktor Antipin, Alexei Bereglazov (both Metallurg Magnitogorsk), Yegor Yakovlev, Anton Belov, Maxim Chudinov (all SKA Saint Petersburg), Albert Yarullin (Ak Bars Kazan), Maxim Osipov (Torpedo Nizhny Novogord).

Forwards: Ilya Kovalchuk, Pavel Datsyuk, Sergei Plotnikov, Nikita Gusev, Vadim Shipachyov, Evgeny Dadonov, Alexander Barabanov, Sergei Shirokov (all SKA Saint Petersburg), Sergei Mozyakin (Metallurg Magnitogorsk), Vladimir Tkachyov (Ak Bars Kazan), Dmitry Kugryshev, Valery Nichushkin, Sergei Andronov, Ivan Telegin, Andrei Svetlakov (all CSKA Moscow), Maxim Shalunov, Stepan Sannikov (both Sibir Novosibirsk).

Russia's matches:

December 15th

Sweden - Russia, 19:00

December 16th

Russia - Czech Republic, 19:00

December 17th

Legends match, 17:00

December 18th

Russia - Finland, 17:00

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