Five players of the hockey club "Motorist" got calls for matches of national teams. The colors of the Russian national team at tournaments of various levels went to defend defenders Nikita Tryamkin and Alexey Vasilevsky, as well as forwards Vladimir Kuznetsov and Maxim Rasseykin. In addition, the Slovak national team will play the defender of the "drivers" Michal Chaikovsky.
Nikita Tryamkin will prepare with the main team to participate in the stage of Euro Hockey Tour - Karjala Cup. The tournament will be held from 9 to 12 November in Helsinki. The Russian national team will play against Finland, Switzerland and the Czech Republic. Also in the tournament will be teams from Canada and Sweden. Previously, the 23-year-old player was voted the best defender of the Continental Hockey League in October. In 11 games, Nikita scored 8 (3 goals + 5 assists) points at a "+3".
Defender of the "drivers" Alexei Vasilevsky will go to the location of the Olympic team, which will participate in the Cup of Germany. The tournament will be held from 10 to 12 November in Augsburg. Russian Olympic team will fight with teams from Germany, the US and Slovakia. Note that for the Slovak team will also play a defender of "Motorist" Michal Chaikovsky.
In addition, the youth team was called hockey player of the "Motorist" Vladimir Kuznetsov (11 matches for "Auto" and 11 meetings for "Miner") to participate in the international competition "Tournament of 4 nations". The competition will be held from 7 to 10 November 2017 in Balashikha, Moscow region.
Recall, earlier in the youth team was also called striker "drivers" Maxim Rasseykin to participate in the Super Series with the national teams of Canada.