Parimatch Junior Hockey League. Nikolai Safronov and Dmitry Lobanov at U17 Five Nations
Ufa will see the international U 17 5 Nations tournaments on February 5 - 9 at the Ufa-Arena. the U17 Teams of Russia, Finland, Sweden, Czech Republic and USA will take part.
For Russia the tournament will begin with the game against Sweden, the game will take place on February 5, the puck drop is at 5PM MSK. Live streams will be available on the FHR Youtube channel and on the official website of the federation.
The final U17 National Team roster was announced on February 4, defenseman of the Belye Medvedi team Nikolai Safronov and forward of the Traktor Ice Hockey School Dmitry Lobanov are on the list.
In the 2019-20 regular Parimatch Junior Hockey League season, Nikolai recorded 1 assists in 17 games. for the Belye Medvedi team. At the Championship of Russia among the players born in 2003 the defenseman collected 6 (2+4) points in 10 games.
Forward Dmitry Lobanov plays at the Championship of Russia among the players born in 2003. This season for the junior Traktor team Dmitry recorded 23 (10+23) points in 24 games.
U17 Roster
Goaltenders: Valery Brinkman (SKA-1946), Semyon Vyazovoy (Salavat Yulaev), Yegor Naumov (Lokomotiv).
Defensemen: Arseniy Koromyslov (SKA), Nikolai Makarov (CSKA Moscow),, Gleb Ivanov ( Dynamo Moscow), Denis Kadyrov (Salavat Yulaev), Nikolai Safronov (Traktor), Daniil Sobolev (Spartak Moscow), Alexander Figurin (Avangard).
Forwards: Ivan Miroshnichenko (Vityaz), Nikita Skoropad (Salavat Yulaev), Nikita Blednov (Sibir), Evgeny Gorfinyak (CSKA Moscow), Vsevolod Gaydamak (Spartak Saint Petersburg), Ilya Ivantsov (SKA), Dmitry Katelevsky, Ivan Mekhovov (both Ak Bars Kazan), Dmitry Lobanov (Traktor), Matvey Petrov (Krylya Sovetov), Fyodor Svechkov (Lada), Nikita Chibrikov (Dynamo Moscow), Danila Yurov (Metallurg Magnitogorsk).
Game Schedule (Moscow Standard Time):
February 5
1PM USA vs Czech Republic
5PM Russia vs Sweden
February 6
1PM Sweden vs USA
5PM Russia vs Finland
February 7
1PM Czech Republic vs Sweden
5PM USA vs Finland
February 8
1PM Sweden vs Finland
5PM Russia vs Czech Republic
February 9
1PM Czech Republic vs Finland
5PM Russia vs USA
Photo Credit: FHR
