According to the press service of the Russian Ice Hockey Federation, Valery Bragin's wards will go on the ice in the following combinations:
- goalkeepers: Samonov (Fedotov);
- the first link: Rafikov - A. Marchenko, K. Marchenko - Shipachev - Chibisov;
- the second link: Samorukov - Lyamkin, Kuzmenko - Morozov - Korshkov;
- the third link: Yakovlev - Galenyuk, Tolchinsky - Zernov - Soshnikov;
- the fourth link: Antipin, Kadeikin, Mamin - Karnaukhov - Voronkov.
The meeting will take place on December 20 in Moscow.
The beginning is at 15:30 Moscow time.
Earlier, Tretyak called the lack of the Russian national team's game in the match with the Czech Republic at the Channel One Cup.