Russia announce extended squad for Karjala Cup

At today’s meeting the coaching staff council of the Russian Hockey Federation (FHR) discussed the list of players who can be called up to the Russian national team for Karjala Cup, the second stage of the Euro Hockey Tour, according to Sport-Express.

The list includes the following players:

Goaltenders: Konstantin Barulin (Atlant Mytishchi), Alexander Yeryomenko (Dynamo Moscow), Ilya Yezhov (SKA St. Petersburg), Ivan Kasutin (Spartak Moscow), Mikhail Biryukov (Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk).

Defencemen: Konstantin Korneyev, Ilya Nikulin, Yevgeny Medvedev (all – Ak Bars Kazan), Denis Denisov, Vitaly Vishnevsky (both – SKA St. Petersburg), Yevgeny Biryukov (Metallurg Magnitogorsk), Nikolay Belov (Neftekhimik NIzhnekamsk), Maxim Chudinov (Severstal Cherepovets), Andrey Konev (Traktor Chelyabinsk), Yakov Rylov (CSKA Moscow).

Forwards: Alexey Tereshchenko, Yevgeny Bodrov, Kirill Petrov (all – Ak Bars Kazan), Alexander Perezhogin, Sergei Kalinin (both – Avangard Omsk), Alexander Radulov, Igor Grigorenko (both – Salavat Yulaev Ufa), Igor Makarov, Viktor Tikhonov (both – SKA St. Petersburg), Yevgeny Kuznetsov, Andrey Popov (both – Traktor Chelyabinsk), Sergei Shirokov, Ilya Zubov (both – CSKA Moscow), Igor Musatov (Atlant Mytishchi), Denis Kokarev (Dynamo Moscow), Vadim Shipachyov (Severstal Cherepovets), Vladimir Tarasenko (Sibir Novosibirsk), Mikhail Varnakov (Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod).