Five SKA players have been called up to the senior Russian national team

The Russian Ice Hockey Federation has revealed senior national team's roster for the upcoming Channel One Cup, a tournament which is the second stage of the 2021/2022 Euro Hockey Tour:

SKA goalkeeper Alexander Samonov and forwards Nikita Gusev, Andrei Kuzmenko, Kirill Marchenko and Ivan Morozov have all been included in the squad.

Here is the full player list:

Goalkeepers: Ivan Fedotov (CSKA), Timur Bilyalov (Ak Bars), Alexander Samonov (SKA).

Defensemen: Vyacheslav Voynov (Dynamo Moscow), Alexander Elesin, Alexei Marchenko (both Lokomotiv), Artyom Minulin, Yegor Yakovlev (both Metallurg Magnitogorsk), Nikita Nesterov (CSKA), Alexander Nikishin (Spartak), Sergei Telegin (Traktor), Semyon Chistyakov, Damir Sharipzyanov (both Avangard).

Forwards: Dmitry Voronkov, Artyom Galimov (both Ak Bars), Stanislav Galiev, Vadim Shipachyov (both Dynamo Moscow), Mikhail Grigorenko, Pavel Karnaukhov, Sergei Plotnikov, Anton Slepyshev (all CSKA), Arseniy Gritsyuk, Kirill Semyonov, Sergei Tolchinsky (all Avangard), Nikita Gusev, Andrei Kuzmenko, Kirill Marchenko, Ivan Morozov (all SKA), Vladimir Tkachyov (Traktor), Andrei Chibisov (Metallurg Magnitogorsk), Yegor Korshkov (Lokomotiv), Alexander Kadeikin (Salavat Yulaev).

Russia's match schedule:

December 15
18:30*, Russia - Canada

December 16
18:30, Sweden - Russia

December 18
15:30, Russia - Czech Republic

December 19
15:30, Russia - Finland

*All start times in accordance with Moscow time