Roster for two exhibition games against France

Goalies: Ilya Sorokin (CSKA), Andrei Kareyev (Neftekhimik), Emil Garipov (Ak Bars).

Defensemen: Bogdan Kiselevich, Igor Ozhiganov, Artyom Blazhievsky, Mikhail Naumenkov (all – CSKA), Ilya Lyubushkin, Vladislav Gavrikov (both – Lokomotiv), Zakhar Arzamastsev (Salavat Yulaev), Andrei Mironov (Dynamo Moscow), Yaroslav Dyblenko (Spartak Moscow).

Forwards: Vladimir Tkachyov (Ak Bars), Stepan Sannikov, Maxim Shalunov, Sergei Shumakov (all – Sibir), Andrei Svetlakov, Valeri Nichushkin, Ivan Telegin, Sergei Andronov, Maxim Mamin (all – CSKA), Yegor Korshkov, Pavel Kraskovsky (both – Lokomotiv), Anatoli Golyshev (Avtomobilist), Anton Burdasov (Avangard).

Salavat Yulaev’s Kirill Kaprizov continues to train according to an individual plan and will join team Russia soon. The team is arriving to Chelyabinsk on April 12.