Admirals Vladivostok selects 19 players in Expansion Draft

Along with the 2013-2014 season schedule, the KHL announced the 19 players selected by expansion team Admirals Vladivostok.  Though the complete pool of players available to the Admirals was not made public by the KHL, Nikolay Zherdev was the biggest name known to be in the expansion draft pool, but he was not taken.  

The Vladivostok roster below includes two non-Russian players (Alexei Ugarov-Belarus and Niklas Bergfors-Sweden), which leaves them five roster spots for international players as allowed under the Russian Hockey Federation bylaws.

Forwards

Alexei Ugarov, Torpedo
Enver Lisin, Metallurg Mg
Alexei Yefimov, Avtomobilist
Andrei Nikitenko, Metallurg Nk
Konstantin Sokolov, Ak Bars
Sergei Lesnukhin, Vityaz
Viktor Drugov, Sibir
Alexander Kuznetsov, Atlant
Niklas Bergfors, Severstal
Igor Bortnikov, Nefekhimik
Rickard Gynge, Dynamo Moskva
Sergei Barbashev, CSKA
Vladimir Pervushin, Avangard
Daniel Gareev, Salavat Yulayev

Defensemen

Artyom Zemchenok, Spartak
Anton Poleshchuk, Amur
Denis Osipov, Yugra
Dmitri Kostromitin, Traktor

Goalie

Yevgeny Ivannikov, SKA

Tim Bourcier is a writer for Eurohockey.com and The Hockey Writers following the KHL and hockey in Croatia.  Follow him on Twitter @bourciertm and read his blog Sport Exec in Training.

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