Kazakhstan names rosters

25 Jan 2011 | Henrik Lundqvist

Kazakhstan named the roster for the 7th Asian Winter Games today. The hosts come with a strong team and will have to be considered favourites to win the title.

The 7th Asian Winter Games will take place in Astana and Almaty, Kazakhstan, with men's and women's ice hockey tournaments from January 28 to February 6. Hockey games will be held in the Kazakhstan Ice Sport Palace in Astana (men) and in the Baluan Sholak Sport and Culture Palace in Almaty (women).

The home team Kazakhstan announced the roster today:

Players
Vitaly Eremeev
Vitaly Kolesnik
Aleksei Kuznetsov
Roman Savchenko
Aleksei Vasilchenko
Evgeny Fadeev
Vitaly Novopashin
Aleksei Litvinenko
Maksim Semenov
Aleksei Koledaev
Evgeny Blokhin
Evgeny Bumagin
Andrei Gavrilin
Vadim Krasnoslabodtsev
Evgeny Rymarev
Roman Starchenko
Aleksei Vorontsov
Talgat Zhaylauov
Fedor Polishchyuk
Maksim Khudyakov
Maksim Bilyaev
Dmitri Upper
Dmitri Dudarev

Coaches
Andrei Khomutov (Head)
Andrei Shayanov
Sergei Starikov
Aleksandr Akhtsiger

Sources:
http://www.astana-almaty2011.kz/gis/menu/en/News_Center/article.aspx?flag=1&pagenum=1&id=617&seq=1
http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/championships/asia.html

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