Five SKA players have been called up to the Russian Olympic team

The Russian Olympic national team squad for the Sochi Hockey Open has today been released, with five SKA players included. Defensemen Yegor Rykov and Dmitry Yudin, as well as forwards Alexander Barabanov, Alexander Dergachyov and Nikita Tochitsky.

Full squad:

Goalkeepers: Andrei Makarov (Kunlun), Vladislav Sukhachyov (Traktor), Ivan Prosvetov (HC Sochi).

Defensemen: Vladislav Gavrikov (Lokomotiv), Gleb Koryagin (Lada Togliatti), Evgeny Kulik (Avangard), Andrei Mironov (Dynamo Moscow), Igor Ozhiganov (CSKA Moscow), Yegor Rykov, Dmitry Yudin (both SKA Saint Petersburg), Vsevolod Sorokin (Spartak Moscow).

Forwards: Alexander Barabanov, Alexander Dergachyov, Nikita Tochitsky (all SKA), Vladimir Bryukvin, Artyom Fyodorov, Ilya Shipov (all Dynamo Moscow), Nikita Kvartalnov, Maxim Mamin, Andrei Svetlakov (CSKA Moscow), Yegor Korshkov, Pavel Kraskovsky, Alexander Polunin (all Lokomotiv), Sergei Shmelyov (Spartak Moscow).

The tournament will take place between the 3rd and 6th of August, with HC Sochi and CSKA Moscow also taking part.