The team included 29 players: 3 goalkeepers, 9 defenders and 17 forwards.
Coaching staff Ukrainian national hockey team announced the final roster for the training camp ahead of the final matches olympic qualification.
The national team included 29 players: 3 goalies, 9 defenders and 17 forwards. The final roster of the national team will include 23 hockey players.
Dmitry Khristich’s team will begin training on August 16 in Budapest. The final part of the training camp will be a friendly match against the Hungarian team on August 25.
Goalkeepers: Bogdan Dyachenko, Oleg Petrov (both Sokol), Eduard Zakharchenko (Storm)
Defenders: Igor Merezhko (HK Plzeň), Evgeniy Ratushny (Storm), Ivan Sysak (Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák), Arthur Cholach (Henderson Silver Knights), Philipp Pangelov-Yuldashev (Podhale Nowy Targ), Artem Grebenik (Ketterä), Vitaly Andreykiv (Zaglebie Sosnowiec ), Vladimir Volkov (Modre Kridla Slovan), Nikita Polonitsky (Falcon)
Forwards: Alexander Peresunko (Presov), Ilya Korenchuk (Zaglebie Sosnowiec), Daniil Trakht (Lukko), Andrey Deniskin (Podhale Nowy Targ), Vitaly Lyalka (Kremenchug), Denis Borodai, Vadim Mazur, Victor Zakharov, Vladimir Cherdak, Roman Blagoy (all – Sokol), Alexey Vorona (KH Torun), Stanislav Sadovikov (Berani Zlin), Evgeniy Fadeev (EC Bregenzerwald), Felix Morozov (Morzine-Avoriaz), Denis Goncharenko (Pergine), Dmitry Nimenko (Aosta), Yaroslav Panchenko (Kyiv Capitals)
Some players will join the national team during the training camp in connection with club training camps and scheduled matches.
In the preliminary round of Olympic qualification, the blue-yellows defeated South Korea (4:0), beat the Polish team (3:2) in a shootout, and triumphed over Estonia (5:3).
In the final round, Khristić’s team will play France, Slovenia and Latvia. The matches will be held in Riga from August 29 to September 1. The winner of the quartet will receive a ticket to the 2026 Olympic Games.
Source: Sportarena
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