Russia has revealed its men's roster for the upcoming 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang.
Among those named to the roster includes former NHL superstars Ilya Kovalchuk and Pavel Datsyuk, both of whom are competing in the KHL this season.
The roster also features a number of other recognizable names to North American hockey fans, such as Vadim Shipachyov, Mikhail Grigorenko, and Alexei Marchenko.
Here's a look at the full roster:
Goalies:
- Igor Shestyorkin
- Ilya Sorokin
- Vasily Koshechkin
Defensemen:
- Artyom Zub
- Dinar Khafizullin
- Vladislav Gavrikov
- Vyacheslav Voynov
- Andrei Zubarev
- Alexei Marchenko
- Bogdan Kiselevich
- Nikita Nesterov
Forwards:
- Ivan Telegin
- Sergei Mozyakin
- Sergei Andronov
- Pavel Datsyuk
- Sergei Kalinin
- Mikhail Grigorenko
- Ilya Kablukov
- Kirill Kaprizov
- Sergei Shirokov
- Ilya Kovalchuk
- Nikolai Prokhorkin
- Vadim Shipachyov
- Alexander Barabanov
- Nikita Gusev
After finishing in a disappointing fifth place at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, the Russians hope to come home with some hardware in South Korea.
Russia last medalled in 2002, winning a bronze, and has not won Olympic gold since the Unified Team, made up of former Soviet republics, won in 1992 in Albertville, France.
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