Nesterov, Nichushkin and Shalunov to represent Traktor at U-20 World Championships in Ufa

Three of Traktor’s players have made it to this list: Nikita Nesterov, Valery Nichushkin and Maksim Shalunov. On December 23 U-20 Team Russia will go against U-20 Team Switzerland in an exhibition match after which team’s head coach Mikhail Varnakov will announce the final line-up for the World Cup. Here is the list of those players who are going to Ufa today.

Goaltenders:
Andrey Vasilevsky (Tolpar)
Andrey Makarov (Saskatoon Blades, Canada)
Igor Ustinsky (Stalniye Lisy)

Defensemen:
Nikita Tryamkin (Avtomobilist)
Aleksey Vasilevsky (Tolpar)
Artyom Sergeyev (Val-D’Or Foreurs, Canada)
Albert Yarullin (Ak Bars)
Nikita Nesterov (Traktor)
Andrey Mironov (Dynamo Moscow)
Kirill Dyakov (Yugra)
Yaroslav Dyblenko (Atlanty)
Pavel Koledov (Loko)

Forwards:
Nikita Kucherov (Rouyn-Noranda Huskies, Canada)
Maksim Shalunov (Traktor)
Nail Yakupov (Neftekhimik)
Yevgeny Mozer (Avangard)
Andrey Sigarev (SKA)
Vladimir Tkachev (Ak Bars)
Valery Nichushkin (Traktor)
Yaroslav Kosov (Metallurg Magnitogorsk)
Aleksandr Khokhlachev (Spartak)
Kirill Kapustin (Loko)
Anton Slepyshev (Metallurg Novokuznetsk)
Mikhail Grigorenko (Quebec Remparts, Canada)
Daniil Zharkov (Belleville Bulls, Canada)

Therefore three players have been excluded from the list – defenseman Nikita Zadorov (London Knights, Canada) and forwards Anton Zlobin (Val-D’Or Foreurs, Canada) and Bogdan Yakimov (Neftekhimik).