MOSCOW, Aug 2The Russian Ice Hockey Federation (FHR) on its official website announced the creation of a team of young stars, which will include hockey players under 25 playing in Russia. «The project is aimed at increasing the popularity of hockey in the country, drawing additional attention to the system of Russian national teams — youth and junior teams of which he will become the pinnacle. Youth is the basis of the national team at all times, its future. In different eras of Russian hockey, cult players made their first successes at this age,» the press release reads. in Sochi, which will take place from August 3 to 9, the second start for the young stars team will be the Channel One Cup in May 2023. At the Sochi tournament, where Avangard Omsk, Dynamo Minsk, Admiral Vladivostok, Sochi and St. Petersburg SKA will also play, Vladimir Filatov will become the head coach of the team, and Konstantin Gorovikov, Anton Kadeikin, Andrey Komissarov, Alexander Kofanov. The team of young stars for the tournament in Sochi included:
- —goalkeepers — Vyacheslav Peksa («Ak Bars»), Sergey Ivanov (SKA), Ilya Nabokov (Metallurg, Magnitogorsk);
- —Defenders – Stepan Anisimov, Grigory Gryaznov, Kirill Kirsanov, Arseniy Koromyslov, Ivan Remezovsky (all SKA), Yaroslav Busygin (Vityaz), Arseniy Varlakov (Ugra «), Vladimir Grudinin, Artem Duda (both — CSKA), Bogdan Krokhalev («Metallurg», Magnitogorsk), Nikita Novikov («Dynamo», Moscow);
- —forwards – Dmitry Buchelnikov, Maxim Groshev, Matvey Kabush, Daniil Lazutin, Matvey Michkov, Alexei Ozhgikhin, Kirill Tankov (all SKA), Alexander Volkov, Alexander Perevalov (both – Lokomotiv), Dmitry Katelevsky (Ak Bars), Viktor Neuchev (Avtomobilist), Prokhor Poltapov (CSKA), Danila Yurov (Metallurg, Magnitogorsk).