Tomorrow, May 4^th, men’s Team Russia will play their first round robin game at IIHF World Championship in Denmark. Coaching staff led by Ilya Vorobyov have announced their roster, which features 20 Junior Hockey League alumni.

JHL alumni on Team Russia:

Goaltenders

Igor Shestyorkin (22 years old, SKA St. Petersburg)

84 games for JHC Spartak Moscow and SKA-1946 St. Petersburg (4 JHL seasons)

51 regulation wins, 15 shutouts, Goals Against Average – 1.82. Save Percentage – 93.4 on average per game

2018 Olympic champion

2017 Gagarin Cup champion

2014 Kharlamov Cup champion

JHL silver medalist (2013, 2015)

2014 JHL Challenge Cup champion

2015 World Juniors silver medalist

IIHF World Championship bronze medalist (2016, 2017)

KHL All-Star (2017, 2018)

Ilya Sorokin (22 years old, CSKA Moscow)

47 games for Kuznetskie Medvedi and Krasnaya Armiya Moscow (3 JHL seasons)

16 regulation wins, 3 shutouts, Goals Against Average – 2.58, Save Percentage – 91.3 on average per game

2018 Olympic champion

2015 World Juniors silver medalist

IIHF World Championship bronze medalist (2016, 2017)

2018 KHL silver medalist

2016 KHL top goaltender

KHL All-Star (2016, 2017, 2018)

Defensemen

Alexei Bereglazov (24 years old, Metallurg Magnitogorsk)

116 games for Stalnye Lisy Magnitogorsk (3 JHL seasons)

6 goals, 23 assists, 29 points, plus-15

2014 World Juniors bronze medalist

2016 Gagarin Cup champion

2018 KHL All-Star

Vladislav Gavrikov (22 years old, SKA St. Petersburg)

130 for Loko Yaroslavl (4 JHL seasons)

8 goals, 21 assists, 29 points, plus-42
2018 Olympic champion
2017 IIHF World Championship bronze medalist

2017 KHL bronze medalist

2015 World Juniors silver medalist

2015 World Juniors top defenseman

2016 KHL rookie of the month (December)

2017 KHL defenseman of the month (March)

Nikita Zaitsev (Toronto Maple Leafs, NHL)

13 games for Sibirskie Snaipery (3 JHL seasons)

5 goals, 3 assists, 8 points, plus-6

2009 IIHF U18 World Championship silver medalist

2011 World Juniors champion

KHL All-Star (2015, 2016)

2016 IIHF World Championship bronze medalist

2016 Gagarin Cup Playoffs most points among defensemen

Bogdan Kiselevich (28 years old, CSKA Moscow)

40 games for Almaz Cherepovets (3 JHL seasons)

7 goals, 11 assists, 18 points, plus-15

2018 Olympic champion

2014 KHL All-Star

KHL silver medalist (2016, 2018)

2017 IIHF World Championship bronze medalist

Nikita Nesterov (25 years old, CSKA Moscow)

115 games for Belye Medvedi Chelyabinsk (4 JHL seasons)

23 goals, 43 assists, 66 points, plus-2

2018 Olympic champion

2011 U18 IIHF World Championship bronze medalist

2012 World Juniors silver medalist

2013 World Juniors bronze medalist

2018 KHL silver medalist

2015 AHL All-Star

2018 KHL All-Star

Nikita Tryamkin (23 years old, Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg)

112 games for Avto Yekaterinburg (4 JHL seasons)

15 goals, 25 assists, 40 points, plus-4

2013 JHL Challenge Cup champion

2014 World Juniors bronze medalist

2018 KHL defenseman of the month (October and November)

2018 KHL All-Star

Yegor Yakovlev (26 years old, SKA St. Petersburg)

123 games for Bars Kazan and Loko Yaroslavl (4 JHL seasons)

18 goals, 53 assists, 71 points, plus-75

2018 Olympic champion

2014 IIHF World Championship gold medalist

2015 IIHF World Championship silver medalist

2017 Gagarin Cup champion

Forwards

Sergei Andronov (28 years old, CSKA Moscow)

23 games for Krasnaya Armiya Moscow (2 JHL seasons)

9 goals, 7 assists, 16 points

2018 Olympic champion

2011 Kharlamov Cup champion

2007 IIHF U18 World Championship gold medalist

2009 World Juniors bronze medalist

2017 IIHF World Championship bronze medalist

2018 KHL silver medalist

Alexander Barabanov (23 years old, SKA St. Petersburg)

208 games for SKA-1946 St. Petersburg (5 JHL seasons)

102 goals, 105 assists, 207 points

2018 Olympic champion

2014 World Juniors bronze medalist

2013 Junior Hockey League regular season most goals (39)

2013 JHL Challenge Cup participant

2013 JHL top goal-scorer

2015 JHL silver medalist

Gagarin Cup champion (2015, 2017)

2017 IIHF World Championship bronze medalist

Pavel Buchnevich (New York Rangers, NHL)

102 games for Almaz Cherepovets (4 JHL seasons)

40 goals, 70 assists, 110 points

2013 IIHF U18 World Championship most assists

2014 World Juniors bronze medalist

2015 World Juniors silver medalist

Alexei Byvaltsev (24 years old, SKA St. Petersburg)

5 games for Stalnye Lisy Magnitogorsk (1 JHL season)

2 goals, 5 assists, 7 points

2018 KHL All-Star

Mikhail Grigorenko (23 years old, CSKA Moscow)

53 games for Krasnaya Armiya Moscow (1 JHL season)

18 goals, 22 assists, 40 points

2018 Olympic champion

2011 Kharlamov Cup champion

2011 IIHF U18 World Championship bronze medalist

2012 CHL Rookie of the Year

2012 QMJHL most points (85)

2012 QMJHL Rookie of the Year

2018 KHL silver medalist

2012 World Juniors silver medalist

2013 World Juniors bronze medalist

2017 IIHF World Championship bronze medalist

Nikita Gusev (25 years old, SKA St. Petersburg)

160 games for Krasnaya Armiya Moscow and Amurskie Tigry (3 JHL seasons)

103 goals, 152 assists, 255 points

2018 Olympic champion

JHL Challenge Cup participant (2010, 2011, 2012)

JHL Challenge Cup champion (2010, 2012)

2011 Kharlamov Cup champion

Kharlamov Cup Playoffs MVP (2011, 2012)

2012 Kharlamov Cup silver medalist

Kharlamov Cup most goals and points (2011, 2012)

Vitaly Davydov Award winner (2011, 2012)

2018 KHL most assists

2018 Olympic most assists and points

2012 World Juniors silver medalist

KHL All-Star (2015, 2016, 2018)

2017 IIHF World Championship bronze medalist

2017 Gagarin Cup champion

Kirill Kaprizov (21 years old, CSKA Moscow)

74 games for Kuznetskie Medvedi (3 JHL seasons)

27 goals, 25 assists, 52 points

2018 Olympic champion

KHL All-Star (2016, 2017, 2018)

2016 World Juniors silver medalist

2017 World Juniors bronze medalist

2017 World Juniors top forward

Maxim Mamin (23 years old, Florida Panthers, NHL)

181 games for Krasnaya Armiya Moscow (4 JHL seasons)

36 goals, 67 assists, 103 points

2014 Kharlamov Cup most assists and points

2015 CHL Canada-Russia series champion

2015 KHL rookie of the year

2015 KHL rookie of the month (February)

2015 World Juniors silver medalist

Ilya Mikheyev (23 years old, Avangard Omsk)

139 games for Omskie Yastreby (3 JHL seasons)

56 goals, 64 assists, 120 points

2013 Kharlamov Cup champion

2014 Nadezhda Cup champion

Nikita Soshnikov (24 years old, St. Louis Blues, NHL)

191 games for Atlanty Moscow Region (4 JHL seasons)

82 goals, 81 assists, 163 points

2013 JHL Challenge Cup participant

Maxim Shalunov (25 years old, CSKA Moscow)

112 games for Belye Medvedi Chelyabinsk (4 JHL seasons)

67 goals, 66 assists, 133 points

2011 IIHF U18 World Championship bronze medalist

2013 CHL Canada-Russia series champion

2013 World Juniors bronze medalist

2017 KHL All-Star

2018 KHL best plus/minus