Russia Prelim Roster

Russia Prospects

For the World U-18's in Fargo this coming April.

Goalkeepers
Dmitri Shikin (Kristall Elektrostal)
Igor Bobkov (Metallurg Magnitogorsk)
Emil Garipov (Ak Bars Kazan/Neftyanik Almetievsk)

Defenders
Alexander Karpyukin (Dynamo Moscow)
Nikita Pivcakin (Avangard Omsk)
Stanislav Kalashnikov (Avangard Omsk)
Dmitri Orlov (Metallurg Novokuznetsk)
Kirill Yuriev (Lada Togliatti)
Andrei Sergeev (Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk)
Konstantin Bochkarev (Lada Togliatti)
Timur Baraev (SKA St. Petersburg)
Nikita Zaitsev (Krylja Sovetov)
Georgi Dulnev (Kristall Elektrostal)

Forwards
Kirill Kabanov (Spartak Moscow)
Pavel Zotov (Dynamo Moscow)
Nikita Dvurechensky (Dynamo Moscow)
Sergei Chvanov (Severstal Cherepovets)
Vladimir Tarasenko (Sibir Novosibirsk)
Alexander Burmistrov (Ak Bars Kazan)
Maxim Kitsyn (Metallurg Novokuznetsk)
Stanislav Soloviev (Traktor Chelyabinsk)
Aleksandr Pankov (Salavat Yulaev Ufa)
Andrei Ankudinov (Salavat Yulaev Ufa)
Anton Valerkov (Krylja Sovetov)
Alexander Grudakov (Krylja Sovetov)
Danil Gubarev (Traktor Chelyabinsk)
Vladimir Malinovsky (Metallurg Magnitogorsk)
Evgeny Kuznetsov (Traktor Chelyabinsk)

(Nathan also is a writer for Maineiacs Post to Post and the Maine Hockey Journal. He can be reached at fourniern@students.nescom.edu)