15 SKA players are in the preliminary Russia 25 squad for the Channel One Cup

15 SKA players have been included in the preliminary Russia 25 squad for the upcoming 2023 Channel One Cup!

Russia 25 will face the senior Belarusian, Chinese and Kazakh national teams at the competition in Saint Petersburg. All games will be staged inside the Ice Palace.

SKA goalkeepers Nikita Serebryakov and Artemiy Pleshkov, defensemen Alexander Nikishin, Maxim Fedotov, Artyom Sergeev and Artyom Zemchyonok and forwards Valentin Zykov, Zakhar Bardakov, Nikolai Polyakov, Vasily Glotov, Arseniy Gritsyuk, Sergei Tolchinsky, Mikhail Vorobyov, Marat Khairullin and Andrei Chivilyov have been named in the preliminary Russian squad.

In accordance with the decision made by the Russian Ice Hockey Federation's Coaching Council, Roman Rotenberg will work as the team's head coach.

Here is the full preliminary squad:

Goalkeepers: Daniil Isayev (Lokomotiv), Nikita Serebryakov, Artemiy Pleshkov (both SKA), Ilya Konovalov (Dynamo Moscow), Sergei Ivanov (Admiral).

Defensemen: Alexander Yelesin, Dmitry Simashev (both Lokomotiv), Niktia Evseev, Nikita Lyamkin (both Ak Bars), Alexander Nikishin, Maxim Fedotov, Artyom Sergeev, Artyom Zemchyonok (all SKA), Ilya Karpukhin, Sergei Telegin (both Traktor), Nikita Smirnov (Dinamo Minsk), Bogdan Konyushkov (Torpedo), Timofei Davydov, Nikita Sedov (both Severstal), Yegor Savikov (Spartak), Mikhail Gulyaev (Avangard), Grigory Dronov (Metallurg Magnitogorsk).

Forwards: Nikita Korostelyov, Ruslan Abrosimov, Danil Aimurzin (all Severstal), Ilya Safonov, Nikita Dynyak (both Ak Bars), Maxim Shabanov, Semyon Der-Arguchintsev (both Traktor), Valentin Zykov, Zakhar Bardakov, Nikolai Polyakov, Vasily Glotov, Arseniy Gritsyuk, Sergei Tolchinsky, Mikhail Vorobyov, Marat Khairullin, Andrei Chivilyov (all SKA), Vasily Atanasov, Nikolai Kovalenko, Maxim Letunov (all Torpedo), Matvei Michkov (Sochi), Nikita Grebyonkin (Metallurg Magnitogorsk), Maxim Dzhioshvili, Dmitry Rashevsky (both Dynamo Moscow), Nikolai Goldobin, Ivan Morozov, Pavel Poryadin (all Spartak), Artyom Pimenov (Salavat Yulaev), Daniil But (Lokomotiv), Maxim Sorkin, Prokhor Poltapov (both CSKA).

Tournament schedule:

December 14th

Belarus - China, 14:00*
Russia - Kazakhstan, 18:30

December 15th

3-on-3 competition

December 16th

Kazakhstan - China, 11:00
Russia - Belarus, 15:00

December 17th

Belarus - Kazakhstan, 11:00
Russia - China, 15:00

*All times in accordance with Moscow time