Named the composition of the Russian national hockey team to prepare for the Olympics in Beijing

The Russian Ice Hockey Federation has published the composition of the national team to prepare for the Olympic Games in Beijing. The games will be held from February 4 to 20, the men’s hockey tournament starts on February 9. 37 hockey players were called to the gathering.

• Goalkeepers: Yaroslav Askarov, Alexander Samonov (both SKA), Timur Bilyalov (Ak Bars), Ivan Fedotov (CSKA), Dmitry Shugaev (Severstal).
• Defenders: Dmitry Vishnevsky, Alexander Nikishin (both Spartak), Vyacheslav Voinov (Dynamo, Moscow), Alexander Yelesin (Lokomotiv), Artem Minulin, Yegor Yakovlev (both Metallurg, Magnitogorsk), Shakir Mukhamadullin ( Salavat Yulaev”), Nikita Nesterov (CSKA), Daniil Pylenkov (SKA), Sergey Telegin (Tractor), Semyon Chistyakov, Damir Sharipzyanov (both – Avangard).
• Forwards: Sergey Andronov, Mikhail Grigorenko, Pavel Karnaukhov, Sergey Plotnikov, Anton Slepyshev (all – CSKA), Artem Anisimov, Artur Kayumov (both – Lokomotiv), Anton Burdasov, Nikita Gusev, Andrey Kuzmenko, Kirill Marchenko (all – SKA), Artem Galimov, Dmitry Voronkov (both Ak Bars), Stanislav Galiev, Vadim Shipachev (both Dynamo Moscow), Arseniy Gritsyuk, Kirill Semenov (both Avangard), Alexander Kadeikin (Salavat Yulaev) , Artur Kayumov (Lokomotiv), Vladimir Tkachev (Tractor), Andrey Chibisov (Metallurg, Magnitogorsk).

The final composition of the Russian team, which will be named on January 23, will include 25 hockey players.

On February 9, the Russians will start at the Olympics with a match against Switzerland.

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