Three goalkeepers, 10 defencemen and 17 forwards will convene on Wednesday at the Russian Athletes’ Training Base Novogorsk near Moscow except for Iya Gavrilova and Alexandra Vafina from the University of Calgary, who will join the team next week.

The roster includes 15 players who were on the roster for the 2014 Olympic Winter Games on home ice in Sochi. Russia, which won bronze in the 2013 IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship in Ottawa, will play the preliminary round in the top group against Finland, Canada and the United States.

Preliminary Roster Russia

Goaltenders:
Yulia Leskina, Spartak-Merkuri Yekaterinburg
Maria Sorokina, Dynamo St. Petersburg
Valeria Tarakanova, SKIF Nizhni Novgorod

Defencemen:
Yekaterina Ananina, Agidel Ufa
Anna Shibanova, Agidel Ufa
Maria Batalova, Tornado Moscow Region
Angelina Goncharenko, Tornado Moscow Region
Nina Pirogova, Tornado Moscow Region
Svetlana Tkachyova, Tornado Moscow Region
Anna Shukina, Tornado Moscow Region
Alexandra Kapustina, SKIF Nizhni Novgorod
Maria Pechnikova, SKIF Nizhni Novgorod
Anastasia Smirnova, SKIF Nizhni Novgorod

Forwards:
Lyudmila Belyakova, Tornado Moscow Region
Tatyana Burina, Tornado Moscow Region
Yelena Dergachyova, Tornado Moscow Region
Galina Skiba, Tornado Moscow Region
Yekaterina Smolina, Tornado Moscow Region
Anna Shokhina, Tornado Moscow Region
Alevtina Shtaryova, Tornado Moscow Region
Alexandra Vafina, University of Calgary (CAN)
Iya Gavrilova, University of Calgary (CAN)
Yevgenia Dyupina, Dynamo St. Petersburg
Diana Kanayeva, Dynamo St. Petersburg
Fanuza Kadirova, Arktik-Universitet Ukhta
Yekaterina Lebedeva, Agidel Ufa
Tatyana Shibanova, Agidel Ufa
Valeria Pavlova, Biryusa Krasnoyarsk
Yelena Silina, SKIF Nizhni Novgorod
Olga Sosina, SKIF Nizhni Novgorod