The men challenged with representing the host nation in the 2014 Sochi Olympics has been unveiled, as Russia officially released the roster for their men’s hockey team.
Winter Olympics 2014: Russia unveils men’s ice hockey roster
Russia has unveiled it’s men’s ice hockey roster for the 2014 Winter Olympics.
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Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky, Colorado Avalanche goaltender Semyon Varlamov, Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin and Pittsburgh Penguins superstar Evgeni Malkin highlight the NHL talent playing for Russia. In addition, former NHL stars (and current KHL superstars) Alexander Radulov and Ilya Kovalchuk were also named to the team.
Here’s a complete look at the roster:
| G | Sergei Bobrovsky |
| G | Semyon Varlamov |
| G | Alexander Eremenko |
| D | Anton Belov |
| D | Alexei Emelin |
| D | Andrei Markov |
| D | Nikita Nikitin |
| D | Fedor Tyutin |
| D | Slava Voynov |
| D | Yevgeny Medvedev |
| D | Ilya Nikulin |
| F | Artem Anisimov |
| F | Pavel Datsyuk |
| F | Nikolai Kulemin |
| F | Evgeni Malkin |
| F | Valeri Nichushkin |
| F | Alex Ovechkin |
| F | Vladimir Tarasenko |
| F | Ilya Kovalchuk |
| F | Alexander Radulov |
| F | Viktor Tikhonov |
| F | Denis Kokarev |
| F | Alexander Popov |
| F | Sergei Soin |
| F | Alexei Tereshchenko |
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