Four SKA players have been called up to Russian national teams

The Russian senior and Olympic (B) team rosters have now been published. SKA's Igor Shestyorkin (goalkeeper), Yegor Rykov (defenseman) and Nikolai Prokhorkin (forward) have been called up to the senior side. The team will play against Finland in Saint Petersburg on the 9th of February, before then playing two more goals in Sweden against the hosts (February 10th) and the Czech Republic (February 11th).

Russia's Olympic team, equivalent to a B team, will play two fixtures against Slovakia and one against either Switzerland or Belarus. The matches will take place on February 9th, 10th and 11th. SKA defenseman Dmitry Yudin has received a call-up.

SKA goaltender Mikko Koskinen will play for the Finnish national team at the Euro Hockey Tour.

Russian senior national team roster:

Goalkeepers: Igor Shestyorkin (SKA Saint Petersburg), Ilya Sorokin (CSKA Moscow), Ilya Samsonov (Metallurg Magnitogorsk).

Defensemen: Zakhar Arzamastsev (Salavat Yulaev), Evgeny Medvedev (Avangard Omsk), Viktor Antipin, Alexei Bereglazov (both Metallurg Magnitogorsk), Vladislav Gavrikov, Ilya Lyubushkin (both Lokomotiv Yaroslavl), Albert Yarullin, Damir Musin (both Ak Bars Kazan), Yegor Rykov (SKA Saint Petersburg).

Forwards: Anatoly Golyshev (Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg), Vladimir Tkachyov (Ak Bars), Kirill Kaprizov (Salavat Yulaev), Sergei Shumakov, Maxim Shalunov, Konstantin Okulov (all Sibir Novosibirsk), Alexei Kruchinin (Traktor Chelyabinsk), Andrei Svetlakov, Maxim Mamin (both CSKA Moscow), Artyom Fyodorov, Maxim Karpov (both Dynamo Moscow), Nikolai Prokhorkin (SKA Saint Petersburg).

Olympic (B) team roster:

Goalkeepers: Vasily Demchenko (Traktor Chelyabinsk), Alexander Sharychenkov (Yugra), Igor Bobkov (Admiral Vladivostok).

Defensemen: Andrei Mironov, Yegor Zaitsev (both Dynamo Moscow), Alexei Vasilevsky (Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg), Dmitry Yudin (SKA Saint Petersburg), Fyodor Belyakov (Sibir Novosibirsk), Rushan Rafikov, Roman Manukhov (both Lokomotiv Yaroslavl), Mikhail Naumenkov (CSKA Moscow), Gleb Koryagin (Lada Togliatti).

Forwards: Pavel Varfolomeev (Yugra), Vyacheslav Osnovin (CSKA Moscow), Artyom Gareev (Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg), Maxim Kazakov (Admiral Vladivostok), Kirill Rasskazov (Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod), Ilya Mikheev (Avangard Omsk), Artyom Ilenko, Pavel Kraskovsky, Alexander Kadeikin (all Lokomotiv Yaroslavl), Daniil Vovchenko (Severstal Cherepovets), Vladislav Koletnik, Yaroslav Kosov (both Metallurg Magnitogorsk), Vyacheslav Leschenko (Spartak Moscow).