Russia announces preliminary roster for Karjala Cup
23 Oct 2011 | Davide Tuniz
Thirty-three players have been announced for the first Euro Hockey Tour tournament in Finland.
The Russian Federation has announced an extended preliminary roster of 33 players for the Karjala Cup, which will be held in Helsinki from November 10 to 13.
Goaltenders: Konstantin Barulin (Atlant), Aleksandr Eremenko (Dynamo Moscow), Ilya Ezhov (SKA St. Petersburg), Ivan Kasutin (Spartak Moscow), Mikhail Biryukov (Ugra Khanty-Mansysk).
Defenders: Konstantin Korneev, Ilya Nikulin, Evgeni Medvedev (all - Ak Bars Kazan), Denis Denisov, Vitaly Vishnevsky (both SKA St. Petersburg), Evgeny Biryukov (Metallurg Magnitogorsk), Nikolai Belov (Neftekhimik), Maksim Chudinov (Severstal Cherepovets), Andrei Konev (Traktor Chelyabinsk), Yacov Rylov (CSKA Moscow).
Forwards: Aleksei Tereshchenko, Evgeny Bodrov, Kirill Petrov (all - Ak Bars Kazan), Aleksander Perezhogin, Sergei Kalinin (both - Avangard Omsk), Alexander Radulov, Igor Grigorenko (both - Salavat Yulaev), Igor Makarov, Victor Tikhonov (both - SKA St. Petersburg), Evgeny Kuznetsov, Andrei Popov (both - Traktor Chelyabinsk), Sergei Shirokov, Ilya Zubov (both - CSKA Moscow), Igor Musatov (Atlant), Denis Kokarev (Dynamo Moscow), Vadim Shipachev (Severstal Cherepovets), Vladimir Tarasenko (Sibir Novosibirsk), Mikhaill Varnakov (Torpedo N. Novgorod).