Barys' defenseman to help Kazakhstan down Latvia at World Ice Hockey Championship
17:49, 13 May 2014
ASTANA. KAZINFORM - Defenseman of Astana's Barys club Evgeni Fadeyev has joined Kazakhstan's national hockey team today, Kazinform refers to Vesti.kz. Fadeyev will replace another defenseman Vladislav Kolesnikov who left the squad.
"I'm feeling fine. I'm very happy to join the national team. Will do my best to help the guys at the world championship," the puckster said.
An injury forced Fadeyev to miss friendly matches against Italy and France and the start of the Minsk-hosted 2014 IIHF World Championship.
Tonight, Kazakhstan's national team will clash with Latvians in their third match in Minsk.