Ukraine begins preparation for Olympic qualifications

On November 2  at Ice Arena Terminal in Brovary, the national team of Ukraine led by Alexander Kulikov begin training camp in preparation to pre Olympic tournament.

26 players (those playing in PHL and Yuri Navarenko from Belarusian Shakhtar Soligorsk) will be in Brovary from the first day, the eight players playing in KHL and VHL will join the team later.

On November 3 and 4 Ukraine will play two maches against Belarus with two different rosters, then Kulikov will reduce list to the 23 requested by IIHF. Ukraine will host the Pre-Olympic Qualification Group H in Kyiv, from 8 to 11 November challenging Poland, Estonia and Spain.

Preliminary Roster:

Goalkeepers : Mikhail Balaban, Evgeny Napnenko (both - Donbas Donets'k), Igor Karpenko (Sokil Kyiv)

Defenders : Vladimir Aleksyuk, Vitaly Lyutkevich (both - Donbas Donets'k), Alexander Pobedonostsev Denis Petrukhno Sergei Klimentiev (all - Berkut Kyiv), Igor Kugut, Vasily Polonitsky (both - Dynamo Kharkiv), Dmitry Tolkunov (Sokil Kyiv), Ruslan Borisenko (Companion-Naftogaz Kyiv ), Yuri Navarenko (Shakhtar Soligorsk, BLR), Nikolai Ladygin (Yuzhny Ural Orsk, VHL).

Forwards : Alexander Yakovenko, Sergey Chernenko, Sergey Kharchenko (all - Sokil Kyiv), Artem Gnidenko, Andrei Mikhnov, Shamil Ramazanov, Alexander Karaulschuk (all - Berkut Kyiv), Eugeny Pashtukh, Artem Bondarev (both - Dynamo Kharkiv), Pavel Borisenko (Companion-Naftogaz Kyiv), Dmitry Gnitko (Levy L'Viv), Oleg Shafarenko (Yunost Minsk, VHL), Konstantin Kasyanchuk (Dynamo Moscow, KHL), Ruslan Fedotenko, Alexei Ponikarovsky, Alexander Materukhin, Sergei Varlamov, Maxim Kvitchenko, Roman Blagoy, Vitaly Donika (all - Donbas Donets'k).

Reserve: defender - Denis Isaenko (Berkut Kyiv) Forwards - Nikita Butsenko Dmitry Nimenko, Sergei Babinets (all - Donbas Donets'k), Alexander Toryanik, Roman Salnikov (both - Berkut Kyiv) and Ruslan Bezschasny (Sokil Kyiv).

 

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