Shortly before the match group stage of the World Cup against Team USA coaches the Russian team decided to replace someone was seriously injured defender Yevgeny Biryukov.
Recall that on the eve of match with Slovenes puck hit the face of our hockey player . Doctors diagnosed a double fracture of the jaw, because of which Biryukov more in the Czech Republic will not play. As the press service of the national team on the eve of the player underwent surgery, which went well.
– I know that many in Russia were worried because of my injury. – Thank you for supporting our country’s national team, but about myself I hasten to reassure all – a complicated operation went well. The only pity is that the championship is finished for me. Well, I’ll worry about the guys in the role of cheerleader. I am with you, my friends! – Quoted Biryukova official website Russian Hockey Federation.
Meanwhile, the coaching staff has made a bid for the tournament another defender. They became Andrei Mironov. Thus, the Russian team will continue to play with seven players in the defense team. In the application, which is limited to 25 names, there is still a free line. It is a place to keep Alexander Ovechkin, who continues to fight for the Stanley Cup.
Also, it became known of the Russian team for the game against the United States. As expected, it will take place at the gate Sergei Bobrowski and spare was Konstantin Barulin. As for field players, no change from the previous games in the units there:
Yakovlev – Medvedev; Mozyakin – Malkin – Kulemin;
Antipin – Kulikov; Kovalchuk – Anisimov – Carpenter;
Chudinov – Belov; Panarin – Shipachev – Dadonov;
Mironov; Shirokov – Tikhonov – Tarasenko.
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