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

SKA goalkeeper Alexander Samonov, defenseman Danila Galenyuk and forwards Ivan Morozov, Kirill Marchenko and Vasily Podkolzin have all been called up to the senior Russian national team for the Swedish Hockey Games, the third stage of the Euro Hockey Tour which will take place in early February.

Full Russian squad:

Goalkeepers: Igor Bobkov (Avangard), Timur Bilyalov (Ak Bars), Alexander Samonov (SKA).

Defensemen: Danila Galenyuk (SKA), Rushan Rafikov (Lokomotiv), Alexander Romanov, Bogdan Kiselevich (both CSKA), Nikita Lyamkin (Ak Bars), Artyom Sergeev (Salavat Yulaev), Grigory Dronov (Metallurg Magnitogorsk), Andrei Mironov (Dynamo Moscow).

Forwards: Anatoly Golyshev (Avtomobilist), Artyom Galimov, Dmitry Voronkov (both Ak Bars), Denis Zernov (Avangard), Kirill Marchenko, Ivan Morozov, Vasily Podkolzin (all SKA), Maxim Mamin, Andrei Svetlakov, Sergei Tolchinsky (all CSKA), Grigory Denisenko, Artur Kayumov, Pavel Kudryatsev (all Lokomotiv), Alexander Sharov (Sibir).