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New coach Krikunov names Russia’s long-WC list
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Ovechkin, Kovalchuk, Kovalev, Datsiuk and young Malkin will lead Russia's offence in Austria 2005.
Alexander Krikunov, who led Belarus to the stunning upset against Sweden in the Olympic quarterfinal in Salt Lake City 2002, has announced his first training-camp roster for the 2005 IIHF World Championship as head coach of Team Russia. Krikunov has named six players from his club team Dynamo Moscow, who won the Russian national title last week.
The roster has a great offensive upside with forwards Aleksandr Ovechkin, Ilya Kovalchuk, Aleksei Kovalev, Pavel Datsiuk, Maksim Afinogenov, Aleksei Yashin, Viktor Kozlov and young prospect Evgeny Malkin.
The defence will be led by Dynamo Moscow's Andrei Markov and possibly Darius Kasparaitis (AK Bars Kazan), who is officially not on the roster, but may be added later. Also Avangard Omsk's forward Aleksandr Perezhogin is among the group of players nursing injuries and who may be added to the final World Championships roster.
Goalkeepers:
Sergei Zvyagin, Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk
Aleksei Volkov, Spartak Moscow
Alexander Eremenko, Dynamo Moscow
Defensemen:
Andrei Markov, Dynamo Moscow
Sergei Vyshedkevich, Dynamo Moscow
Dmitri Kalinin, Metallurg Magnitogorsk
Vitali Vishnevski, Khimik Voskresensk
Aleksander Titov, Lada Togliatti
Denis Kulyash, CSKA Moscow
Aleksandr Ryazantsev, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
Sergei Gusev, Avangard Omsk
Alexander Guskov, Avangard Omsk
Darius Kasparaitis, AK Bars Kazan*
Vitali Atyushov, Metallurg Magnitogorsk*
Forwards:
Pavel Datsyuk, Dynamo Moscow
Alexander Ovechkin, Dynamo Moscow
Aleksandr Kharitonov, Dynamo Moscow
Maksim Afinogenov, Dynamo Moscow
Aleksandr Frolov, Dynamo Moscow
Sergei Zinoviev, AK Bars Kazan
Aleksei Kovalev, AK Bars Kazan
Ilya Kovalchuk, AK Bars Kazan
Aleksei Simakov, BK Bars Kazan
Vladimir Antipov, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
Aleksei Yashin, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
Ivan Nepryaev, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
Aleksandr Semin, Lada Togliatti
Viktor Kozlov, Lada Togliatti
Aleksandr Skugarev, Lada Togliatti
Dmitri Afanasenkov, Lada Togliatti
Evgeny Malkin, Metallurg Magnitogorsk
Fedor Fedorov, Metallurg Magnitogorsk
Aleksei Kaigorodov, Metallurg Magnitogorsk*
Anton Kuryanov, Avangard Omsk*
Aleksandr Perezhogin, Avangard Omsk*
Aleksandr Boikov, Lada Togliatti*
* Players denoted are nursing injuries and could be named to Austria 2005 pending on further evaluation.
Note: GK Ilya Bryzgalov will join roster if his team, Cincinnati Mighty Ducks, will not make the AHL playoffs.
Coaching staff
GM: Igor Tuzik
Head coach: Vladimir Krikunov
Asst coach: Vladimir Yurzinov
Asst coach: Boris Mikhailov
Story added on 12th April 2005 at 23:18 GMT
Story submitted by: Joeri Loonen.