The initial application was reduced from 37 to 26 people
Coaching staff Ukrainian national hockey team decided on the final list of players who will prepare for the February matches Olympic Games 2026 qualification.
The roster included 26 hockey players – three goalkeepers, 8 defenders, 15 forwards. Compared to the expanded roster, there are 11 fewer players – some of them will form the national team’s reserves.
- The composition of the Ukrainian national hockey team:
Goalkeepers: Bogdan Dyachenko (Falcon), Eduard Zakharchenko (Dnepr), Sergey Pisarenko (Kaunas City, Lithuania)
Defenders: Ivan Sysak (Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák, Hungary), Philipp Pangelov-Yuldashev (Podhale Nowy Targ, Poland), Evgeniy Ratushny (Dnepr), Vitaliy Andreykiv (Zaglebie Sosnowiec, Poland), Igor Merezhko (HK Spisska Nova Ves, Slovakia), Denis Matusevich ( Kremenchug), Artem Grebenik (Ketterä, Finland), Arthur Colach (Sioux Falls Stampede, USA)
Forwards: Alexander Peresunko (HK Poprad, Slovakia), Daniil Trakht (Lukko, Finland), Denis Boroday (Sokol), Victor Zakharov (Sokol), Vadim Mazur (Sokol), Vladimir Cherdak (Sokol), Andrey Deniskin (Unia Oswiecim, Poland), Evgeniy Fadeev (Snackpoint Eaters Limburg, the Netherlands), Alexey Vorona (HK 95 Povazska Bystrica, Slovakia), Felix Morozov (Morzine-Avoriaz, France), Nikita Sidorenko (Dnepr), Yaroslav Panchenko (Kiev Capitals), Vitaly Lyalka (Kremenchug), Ilya Korenchuk (GKS Tychy, Poland), Illarion Kupriyanov (HC Dukla Jihlava, Czech Republic)
On February 3, Dmitry Khristich’s team, with the announced composition, begins a preparatory training camp. In the third round of Olympic qualification, the blue-yellows will play against the teams of Poland, South Korea and Estonia. The matches of this quartet will be held in Sosnowiec, Poland, from February 8 to 11, 2024.
Of the qualifying quartet, only one team will advance to the final round of Olympic qualification. The final round is another group stage. Only the best teams in each quartet will qualify directly for the Olympic tournament in Milan, which will take place in February 2026.
Source: Sportarena
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