Russia: Yakushev announces the list of
candidates for the Russian team.
The head coach of the Russian team Alexander Yakushev announced
the list of 27 candidates from the team who will compete at the second stage of The Four
Nations tournament (Karjala Cup) to be held in Finland on November 11-14.
Selected are:
Goaltenders: Egor Podomatsky (Torpedo
Yaroslavl), former San Jose Shark Alexei Yegorov (Dynamo Moscow) and Dimitri
Yachanov (AkBars Kazan).
Defensemen: former Winnipeg Jet, Detroit Red Wing and San
Jose Shark Sergei Bautin (Nurnsburg Ice Tigers, Germany), Dimitri
Bykov (AkBars Kazan), Dimitry Krasotkin (Torpedo Yaroslavl),
teammates Montreal draftee Andrei Markov and Alexander Khavanov
(Dynamo Moscow), Washington draftee Sergey Tertishny (Metallurg
Magnitogorsk), teammates Oleg Shargorodsky and Dallas draftee Yevgeny
Petrochinin (Metallurg Novokuznetsk) and former Ottawa Senator Dimitri
Filimonov (Molot-Prikamie Perm).
Forwards: former NHLers Ravil Gusmanov, Maxim
Bets, Valeri Karpov (representatives of Metallurg Magnitogorsk),
former NHLer Sergei Petrenko (Vitkovitse, Czech Republic), Alexander
Prokopiev, former Maple Leafs Alexei Kudashov, Alexander
Kuvaldin, Alexander Kharitonov (all Dynamo Moscow), teammates
Nashville draftee Denis Arkhipov and Yuri Dobryshkin
(AkBars Kazan), Maxim Sushinsky (Avangard Omsk), Calgary draftee Dimitri
Vlasenkov (Torpedo Yaroslavl), Denis Afinogenov (Lada
Togliatti), Alexei Koznev (SKA St. Petersburg), and Detroit draftee Pavel
Datsuk (Dynamo-Energiya Ekaterinsburg).
