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U20 4 Nations Tournament -  U20 Team Russia's coaching staff anounced the preliminary roster for the upcoming 4 Nations Tournament.

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GOALIES: : Sergei Bobrovsky Metallurg Novokuznetsk Alexey Zhigarev Krylia Sovetov Semen Varlamov (Washington Capitals) Lokomotiv Yaroslavl  

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DEFENSE: Yuri Alexandrov (Boston Bruins) Severstal Cherepovets Pavel Doronin Salavat Yulaev Ufa Alexey Grishin Vityaz Podolsk Chekhov Valery Zhukov Torpedo Nizhni Novgorod Alexey Ishmametev HK MVD Balashikha Marat Kalimulin Lada Togliatti Evgeni Kurbatov Avangard Omsk Ivan Maximkin Dynamo Moscow Jacob Seleznev Neftyanik Almetievsk Vasily Tokranov Ak Bars Kazan  

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FORWARDS: Egor Averin Avangard Omsk Alexei Cherepanov (New York Rangers) Avangard Omsk Ruslan Bashkirov (Ottawa Senators) Khimik Mytischy Anton Lazarev Khimik Mytischy Evgeni Bodrov Lada Togliatti Alexander Vasyunov (New Jersey Devils) Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Alexander Ryabev Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Vadim Golubtsov Amur Khabarovsk Artem Gordeyev Salavat Yulaev Ufa Evgeni Dadonov (Florida Panthers) Traktor Chelyabinsk Andrei Popov (Philadelphia Flyers) Traktor Chelyabinsk Ilya Kablukov (Vancouver Canucks) CSKA Moscow Nikita Klyukin Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Sergei Korostin (Dallas Stars) Dynamo Moscow Alexander Polukhin Dynamo Moscow Maxim Mamin Metallurg Magnitogorsk Dmitry Sayustov Torpedo Nizhni Novgorod Viktor Tikhonov Severstal Cherepovets Marat Fakhrutdinov Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk

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Super League -  Scouting analysis of the Avangard vs. Lada contest that included the following NHL prospects: Sergei Andronov , Egor Averin , Denis Bodrov (Philadelphia Flyers), Alexei Cherepanov (New York Rangers), Denis Denisov (Buffalo Sabres), Marat Kalimulin , Anton Krysanov (Phoenix Coyotes), Mikhail Lyubushin (Los Angeles Kings), Nikita Nikitin (St. Louis Blues), Grigory Panin , Dmitri Vorobiev (Toronto Maple Leafs). READ MORE

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Sergei Nemchinov announced that Team Russia called up three players to replace inured Egor Averin and Alexei Cherepanov (New York Rangers). The three players are Kirill Tulupov (New Jersey Devils), Ruslan Bashkirov (Ottawa Senators) and Viktor Tikhonov . Tikhonov and Tulupov were in the original training camp, while Bashkirov was not on the initial list. Tikhonov is the grandson of legendary Soviet and Red Army coach with the same first name. The next contest takes place today in Omsk at the brand new hockey arena built this summer for the local Super League club.

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Russia lost Alexei Cherepanov (New York Rangers) in the second game and Egor Averin in the first game to concussions. Both players are believed to be lost for the entire tournament. “It was unfortunate that with a check in the back, which I didn’t even see, I was bounced in the very first game. Now I will have to miss not less than two weeks. I will have to watch such a great game from the stands in my own home town” said disappointed Averin to a Sport Express correspondent.

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The Russian National Team coaching staff has announced the preliminary roster of Russia’s U20 national team that will compete in the eight matches of the Super Series against Canadian teams as part of the 35th anniversary celebrations since the 1972 Super Series between Soviet and NHL hockey stars.

GOALIES: Semen Varlamov (Washington Capitals) ("Lokomotiv"), Bobrovskiy Sergey ("Metallurg", Novokuznetsk), Vadim Zhelobnyuk ("Dinamo"). Nikita Davydov ("Salavat Yulaev"), Alexey Zhigarev ("Krylya Sovetov"), Galimov Stanislav ("Ak Bars").

DEFENSEMEN: Yuri Alexandrov (Boston Bruins) ("Severstal"), Igor Zubov ("Lokomotiv"), Pavel Doronin ("Salavat Yulaev"), Valery Zhukov ("Torpedo", Nizhniy Novgorod), Konstantin Alexeev ("Sibir"), Evgeniy Kurbatov ("Avangard"), Vyacheslav Voinov ("Traktor"), Alexey Grishin ("Vityaz", Chekhov), Maxim Chudinov ("Severstal"), Ivan Vishnevsky Kirill Tulupov (New Jersey Devils) (both Junior Leagues Quebece, Canada), Maximkin Ivan ("Lada"), Vasiliy Vinogradov ("Kapitan"), Alexey Ishmametev ("Metallurg", Magnitogorsk), Anton Danilov ("Lokomotiv"), Marat Kalimulin ("Lada").

FORWARDS: Alexander Vasyunov ("Lokomotiv"), Artem Anisimov (New York Rangers) ("Lokomotiv"), Alexander Ryabev ("Lokomotiv"), Andrei Popov (Philadelphia Flyers) ("Traktor"), Maxim Mamin ("Metallurg", Magnitogorsk), Anton Glovatsky ("Metallurg", Magnitogorsk), Sergei Zachupeiko ("Salavat Yulaev"), Mikhail Glukhov ("Khimik", Moskovskaya oblast), Ilya Kablukov (CSKA), Vyacheslav Solodukhin (SKA, Sankt-Peterburg), Alexey Cherepanov ("Avangard", Evgeni Bodrov ("Lada"), Egor Averin ("Avangard"), Sergei Korostin ("Dynamo"), Maxim Mayorov ("Ak Bars"), Nikita Filatov (CSKA), Evgeny Dadonov ("Traktor"), Kirill Petrov ("Ak Bars"), Vadim Golubtsov ("Lada"), Viktor Tikhonov ("Severstal"), Vladimir Zharkov (New Jersey Devils) (CSKA), Konstantin Kulikov ("Neftekhimik"), Pavel Fedulov (CSKA), Mikhail Milekhin (CSKA), Marat Fakhrutdinov ("Dinamo"), Sergey Ostapchuk ("Lokomotiv"), Igor Karpov ("Sibir"), Daniil Karpyuk ("Sibir").

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U18 World Junior Championships -  Russian U18 national team coaching staff announced the squad’s preliminary roster that will compete at the U18 World Junior Championships. The lineup will be finalized prior to April 12th. The roster included the following players:

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GOALIES: Vadim Zhelobnyuk (Dynamo), Aleksandr Pechurskiy (Metallurg Mg);
DEFENSEMEN: Yakov Seleznev (Neftyanik Lng), Dmitriy Kulikov (Rus), Maxim Goncharov (CSKA), Vasiliy Tokranov (Neftyanik Alm), Mikhail Churlyaev (Metallurg Mg), Nikolay Lukyanchikov (Kapitan), Vyacheslav Voynov (Traktor), Maksim Chudinov (Severstal);
FORWARDS: Alexey Cherepanov (Avangard), Sergey Andronov (Lada), Vitaly Karamnov (Dynamo), Andrey Loktionov (Khimik MO), Dmitriy Kugryshev (CSKA), Egor Averin (Avangard), Sergei Korostin (Dynamo), Maxim Mayorov (Neftyanik Alm), Nikita Klyukin (Lokomotiv), Dmitriy Kagarlitskiy (Khimik MO), Evgeni Dadonov (Traktor), Nikita Filatov (CSKA), Kirill Petrov (Ak Bars).

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New scouting report added to Egor Averin 's profile READ MORE