BYKOV UNVEILS THE SQUAD FOR THE FIRST CHANNEL CUP

Yesterday the Russian hockey team’s coaches unveiled preliminary roster of team for the third stage of Euro Hockey Tour – the First Channel Cup.


Russia’s preliminary squad for the First Channel Cup, which will be held in Moscow on December 17-20, includes these players:

Goalkeepers – Vasiliy Koshechkin, Ilya Proskuryakov (both – Metallurg Magnitogorsk), Stanislav Galimov (Ak Bars), Georgiy Gelashvili (Lokomotiv), Alexandr Eremenko (Salavat Yulaev);

Defencemen – Dmitriy Kalinin, Vitaliy Proshkin, Oleg Tverdovsky (all – Salavat Yulaev), Vitaliy Vishnevsky, Alexandr Guskov (both – Lokomotiv); Konstantin Korneev, Denis Kulyash (both – CSKA), Vitaliy Atyushov (Metallurg Magnitogorsk), Denis Denisov (Dynamo Moscow), Ilya Nikulin (Ak Bars);

Forwards – Sergey Zinovyev, Viktor Kozlov, Alexandr Radulov (all – Salavat Yulaev), Danis Zaripov, Alexey Morozov, Alexey Tereschenko (all – Ak Bars), Alexandr Galimov, Alexey Mikhnov, Gennadiy Churilov (all – Lokomotiv), Maxim Rybin, Maxim Sushinsky (both – SKA), Anton Kuryanov (Avangard), Sergey Mozyakin (Atlant), Oleg Saprykin (Dynamo Moscow), Pyotr Schastlivy (CSKA), Sergey Fyodorov (Metallurg Magnitogorsk)