Based on the results of the sparring, the coaching staff eliminated defender Volkov and forwards Simchuk and Korenchuk
Coaching staff Ukrainian national hockey team led by Dmitry Khristich decided on the final application for World Cup 2024 V Division IB.
Following the results of the preparatory training camp, defender Vladimir Volkov (HC Modre Kridla Slovan, Slovakia), as well as forwards Mikhail Simchuk (Grand Canyon Univ, USA) and Ilya Korenchuk (GKS Tychy, Poland) left the national team.
Also, let us remind you that American Sioux Falls Stampede defender Arthur Colach will not help the national team at the World Cup due to a shoulder injury.
In addition, the captain of the national team, Igor Merezhko, will join the team in Vilnius, on the day of its first match at the world championship. Igor just yesterday, April 24, completed the final playoff series of the Slovak championship with his club Spisska. Merezhko’s team lost to Nitra with a total score and became the silver medalist of their country.
- The composition of the Ukrainian national hockey team at the 2024 World Cup:
Goalkeepers: Bogdan Dyachenko (Sokol, Ukraine), Eduard Zakharchenko (Dnepr, Ukraine), Gleb Artsatbanov (Alberni Valley Bulldogs, Canada);
Defenders: Igor Merezhko (HK Spisska Nova Ves, Slovakia), Evgeny Ratushny (Dnepr, Ukraine), Ivan Sysak (Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák, Hungary), Philip Pangelov-Yuldashev (Podhale Nowy Targ, Poland), Artem Grebenik (Ketterä, Finland), Alexey Dakhnovsky (HC Kosice U20, Slovakia), Vitaly Andreykiv (Zaglebie Sosnowiec, Poland), Vsevolod Tolstushko, Alexey Yanishevsky (both Sokol, Ukraine);
Forwards: Alexander Peresunko (HK Poprad, Slovakia), Daniil Trakht (Lukko, Finland), Andrey Deniskin (Unia Oswiecim, Poland), Vitaly Lyalka, Gleb Krivoshapkin (both from Kremenchug), Denis Boroday, Vadim Mazur, Victor Zakharov, Vladimir Cherdak (all – Sokol, Ukraine), Alexey Vorona (HK 95 Povazska Bystrica, Slovakia), Stanislav Sadovikov (Berani Zlin, Czech Republic), Evgeniy Fadeev (Snackpoint Eaters Limburg, the Netherlands), Nikita Sidorenko (Dnepr, Ukraine), Felix Morozov (Morzine-Avoriaz , France).
In preparation for the 2024 World Cup, Khristich’s team played a number of test matches. The blue-and-yellows first lost to the second team of Latvia (2:3), and then took revenge against them (2:1), after which they beat Lithuania (5:2) and defeated China (9:0).
At the 2024 World Cup, the Ukrainian team starts with a match against Estonia on April 27. Next, the blue-yellows will play with the Netherlands (April 28), China (April 30), Spain (May 1) and Lithuania (May 3). The winner of the tournament will advance to Division IA, the team that finishes last will drop to Division IIA.
Source: Sportarena
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