With the NHL formally announcing the involvement of the NHL Players' Association in the 2014 Winter Olympics comes official announcements from participating nations about development camp rosters. Russia was the first to do so, as the host nation announced its invitees on Monday afternoon.
Sochi Olympics 2014: Russia announces development camp roster
The developmental camp roster for Team Russia was released on Monday afternoon.
Thirty-five players will be invited to Sochi on Aug. 23-24, which will include five goaltenders, 12 defenders and 18 forwards. Notable players include Sergei Bobrovsky, Semyon Varlamov, Pavel Datsyuk, Alexander Ovechkin, Ilya Kovalchuk and Evgeni Malkin.
Here is the complete list of invitees, via Russia’s Ice Hockey Federation’s official website:
Goalies
* Konstantin Barulin
* Sergei Bobrovsky
* Semyon Varlamov
* Vasily Koshechkin
* Evgeni Nabokov
Defenders
* Evgeny Biryukov
* Vyacheslav Voinov
* Anton Volchenkov
* Sergei Gonchar
* Denis Denisov
* Alexei Emelin
* Andrei Markov
* Evgeny Medvedev
* Nikita Nikitin
* Ilya Nikulin
* Eugene Ryasensky
* Fedor Tyutin
Forwards
* Artem Anisimov
* Michael Varnakov
* Pavel Datsyuk
* Ilya Kovalchuk
* Denis Kokarev
* Evgeny Kuznetsov
* Nikolai Kulemin
* Evgeni Malkin
* Alexander Ovechkin
* Alexander Perezhogin
* Alexander Popov
* Alexander Radulov
* Alexander Semin
* Vladimir Tarasenko
* Alex Tereshchenko
* Viktor Tikhonov
* Vadim Shipachev
* Nail Yakupov
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