The list also includes seven newcomers.
Head coach Ukrainian national ice hockey team Vadim Shakhraichuk announced an extended squad for preparing the team for World Cup 2023 in Tallinn.
The list includes 38 players, including four goalkeepers, 13 defenders and 21 forwards. Seven hockey players have a chance to make their debut in the Ukrainian national team.
Expanded composition of the Ukrainian national ice hockey team:
Goalkeepers: Gleb Artsatbanov (Sparta U-20, Czech Republic), Bogdan Dyachenko (Falcon), Eduard Zakharchenko (Dnepr), Dmitry Kubritsky (Dauphin Kings MJHL, Canada).
Defenders: Alexander Alexandrov (Podhale, Poland), Vitaliy Andreikiv (Zaglebie, Poland), Alexander Voronin (Kaunas, Lithuania), Gleb Varava, Dmitry Ignatenko, Nikita Kruglyakov (all from Kremenchuk), Artem Grebenik, Evgeny Ratushny (both from Dnipro), Igor Merezhko (Odense, Denmark), Ivan Sysak (Sokol), Artur Terchiev (Savannah, ECHL, USA), Artur Cholach (Barry Colts, OHL, Canada), Philip Pangelov-Yuldashev (Uniya, Poland).
forwards: Alexey Vorona (Levice, Slovakia), Andrey Deniskin (Uniia, Poland), Gleb Krivoshapkin, Vitaly Lyalka (both – Kremenchuk), Ilya Korenchuk (Energa-Torun, Poland), Vladislav Kutsevich, Vadim Mazur (both – Sokol), Andrey Mikhnov (Steaua, Romania), Felix Morozov (Cholet, France), Dmitry Nimenko (Briancon, France), Yaroslav Panchenko, Nazar Ruzhnikov (both Energiya, Lithuania), Alexander Peresunko (Poprad, Slovakia), Mikhail Simchuk (Brooks Bandits, AJHL, Canada), Daniil Trakht (Lukko U-20, Finland), Denis Borodai, Nikita Lesnikov, Dmitry Poperezhay, Daniil Tishchenko, Artem Tselogorodtsev (all from Dnipro), Evgeny Fadeev (Krefeld, Germany).
The 2023 World Championship in division B1 will be held in the capital of Estonia from 23 to 29 April. The rivals of the Ukrainian national team will be Japan, Estonia, China, Serbia and the Netherlands.
Source: Sportarena
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