Nineteen NHL players and an equal number from the Continental Hockey League (KHL) are expected to attend Russia's Olympic summer orientation camp scheduled to open later this month in Moscow, according to the Russian Ice Hockey Federation on Monday.
Among the hopefuls for Russia are Washington Capitals megastar Alex Ovechkin, along with Capitals teammates Alexander Semin and Simeon Varlamov. Ovechkin and Semin are expected to easily make the team, but Varlamov will have to overtake more experienced goalies to capture a spot. (Also announced, Capitals' Milan Jurcina has been invited to Slovakia's camp.)
In addition to Ovechkin, other headliners at the camp are expected to include Atlanta Thrashers' Ilya Kovalchuk and Pittsburgh Penguins' Evgeni Malkin.
Three of four goaltenders invited hail from NHL -- Capitals' Varlamov, along with Phoenix Coyotes Ilya Bryzgalov and San Jose Sharks' Evgeni Nabokov. And Capitals' Alexander Semin is among forward invitees.
Also on the Russian list are Canadian NHL defensemen expected to participate are Edmonton Oilers' Denis Grebeshkov, Ottawa Senators' Anton Volchenkov and Montreal Canadiens' Andrei Markov; along with forwards Senator' Alex Kovalev and Toronto's Nikolai Kulemin.
Russian summer camp invitees:
Goalkeepers: Ilya Bryzgalov (Phoenix Coyotes, NHL), Alexander Eremenko (Salavat Yulayev Ufa, RUS), Evgeni Nabokov (San Jose Sharks, NHL), Simeon Varlamov (Washington Capitals, NHL).
Defencemen: Vitali Atyushov (Metallurg Magnitogorsk, RUS), Sergei Gonchar (Pittsburgh Penguins, NHL), Denis Grebeshkov (Edmonton Oilers, NHL), Dmitri Kalinin (Salavat Yulayev Ufa, RUS), Maxim Kondratiev (Salavat Yulayev Ufa, RUS), Konstantin Korneyev (CSKA Moscow, RUS), Andrei Markov (Montreal Canadiens, NHL), Ilya Nikulin (Ak Bars Kazan, RUS), Vitali Proshkin (Salavat Yulayev Ufa, RUS), Oleg Tverdovsky (Salavat Yulayev Ufa, RUS), Fedor Tyutin (Columbus Blue Jackets, NHL), Vitali Vishnevsky (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, RUS), Anton Volchenkov (Ottawa Senators, NHL), Alexei Zhitnik (Dynamo Moscow, RUS), Sergei Zubov (SKA St. Petersburg, KHL),
Forwards: Evgeny Artyukhin (Tampa Bay Lightning, NHL), Maxim Afinogenov (Buffalo Sabres, NHL), Pavel Datsyuk (Detroit Red Wings, NHL), Sergei Fedorov (Metallurg Magnitogorsk, RUS), Alexander Frolov (Los Angeles Kings, NHL), Konstantin Gorovikov (SKA St. Petersburg, RUS), Ilya Kovalchuk (Atlanta Thrashers, NHL), Alexei Kovalev (Ottawa Senators, NHL), Viktor Kozlov (Salavat Yulayev Ufa, RUS), Nikolai Kulemin (Toronto Maple Leafs, NHL), Evgeni Malkin (Pittsburgh Penguins, NHL), Alexei Morozov (Ak Bars Kazan, RUS), Alexander Ovechkin (Washington Capitals, NHL), Alexander Radulov (Salavat Yulayev Ufa, RUS), Oleg Saprykin (Dynamo Moscow, RUS), Alexander Semin (Washington Capitals, NHL), Alexei Tereschenko (Ak Bars Kazan, RUS), Danis Zaripov (Ak Bars Kazan, RUS), Sergei Zinoviev (Salavat Yulayev Ufa, RUS).
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